O - Brownfields 2015 Area-Wide Planning Grant Fact Sheet
Pittsburg, KS
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 clean up and revitalize
brownfields sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial
assistance to eligible applicants through competitive grant
programs for brownfields site assessment, site cleanup,
revolving loan funds, area-wide planning, and job training.
Additional funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Program
EPA's Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Program assists communities in responding
to local brownfields challenges,
particularly where multiple brownfield
sites are in close proximity, connected by
infrastructure, and limit the economic,
environmental and social prosperity of
their surroundings. This program enhances
EPA's core brownfields assistance
programs by providing grant funding to
communities so they can perform the
research needed to develop an area-wide
plan and implementation strategies for
brownfields assessment, cleanup, and
reuse. The resulting area-wide plans
provide direction for future brownfields
area improvements that are protective of
public health and the environment,
economically viable, and reflective of the
community's vision for the area.
Project Description
$196,400.00
EPA has selected the City of Pittsburg as a
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant recipient.
The city will work with the community and other
stakeholders to develop an area-wide plan and
implementation strategy for the 350-acre
Mid-City Renaissance area, a former industrial
area that was home to several zinc smelters, a clay
pipe manufacturing plant, and a hazardous waste
generator. The area is located near the newly
revitalized downtown. This project will be based
on a robust community education, input, and
planning approach, including a series of
educational sessions and interactive workshops to
increase understanding of brownfield site
management, and create design and land use
alternatives. Research will be conducted to help
determine feasibility of site cleanup and reuse
options, support decision-making, and inform
implementation strategies. The result is expected
to be an area land use vision and an
implementation plan with short-, mid-, and
long-term action items. The catalyst site for this
project is the W&J Lanyon Smelter site, which is
located in the Mid-City Renaissance area and is
part of three adjacent former zinc smelter
facilities. Key partners who will work with the
city on this project include Kansas State
University, Kansas Department of Health and
Environment, Pittsburg State University, Live
Well Crawford County, and the Southeast Kansas
Education Service Center.
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).
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EPA Region 7 Brownfields Team
(800)223-0425
EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-iowa-kansas-
missouri-nebraska-and-nine-tribal)
Grant Recipient: City of Pittsburg, KS
(620)231-4100
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
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
Solid Waste
EPA 560-F-15-017
March 2015

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