U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Brownfields 2016 Grant Fact Sheet
Knoxville, TN
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.
Cleanup Grants
$350,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Knoxville for two brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances grant
funds will be used to clean up the former McClung Warehouses property on West Jackson Avenue. The
five-acre site formerly housed warehouses, a blacksmith shed, and railroad freight storage. It is
contaminated with toxic metals, chemicals, and inorganic contaminants. Hazardous substances grant
funds also will be used to clean up the former Sanitary Laundry and Dry Cleaning property at 625
North Broadway. The site operated as a laundry and dry cleaning facility for nearly 70 years, and is
now vacant. It is contaminated with dry cleaning compounds, solvents, and metals. Grant funds at
both sites also will be used to conduct community outreach activities.
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/brownfieldsy
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8923
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land-
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Grant Recipient: City of Knoxville, TN
865-215-2543
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 Office of Land and EPA 560-F-16-079
Environmental Emergency May 2016
Protection Agency Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460
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