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4B-7) Brownfields 2010 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
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EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. In
2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help
states and communities around the country cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. Under this law, EPA
provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through four competitive grant programs: assessment
grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and
job training grants. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Tucson was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. A large portion of the
downtown area of Tucson (population 525,529) has
been designated a federal Empowerment Zone, which
includes the target area of more than 20 square miles.
More than 30 percent of residents in this area live
below the poverty level, and more than 71 percent of
residents are minorities. A disproportionate number of
the estimated 5,200 brownfields in Tucson lie in the
project area. Brownfields include former gas stations,
dry cleaners, abandoned industrial and manufacturing
facilities, and vacant inner-city structures. Tucson is
one of the largest cities in the country that obtains its
drinking water from groundwater supplies. The
existence of many brownfields threatens residential
drinking water quality. The city has developed plans for
corridors throughout the project area where
redevelopment can be the most beneficial to residents.
Assessment of brownfields will provide information on
environmental contamination that is expected to enable
the city to implement these redevelopment plans.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Tucson for two
brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
complete 16 Phase I and four Phase II environmental
site assessments, and conduct community outreach
activities. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
conduct the same tasks at sites with potential
petroleum contamination.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Team
(213)244-1821
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Tucson,AZ
520-791-5414
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negotiated.
Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-10-157
Apr 10
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