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Brownfields 2006 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Barboursville, WV
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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
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 Village of Barboursville was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Barboursville (population
3,183) is located in the Huntington-Ashland metro area
in western central West Virginia, near the state's
boundary with Ohio and Kentucky. This once
agricultural community quickly grew and prospered as
a manufacturing town, with mills, tanneries, and
furniture factories. When the manufacturing facilities
closed, the area's economy declined. Higher-paying
manufacturing jobs that supported the community were
replaced with minimum- to low-wage jobs in the retail
sector. Many of these jobs do not provide health
insurance or the opportunity for advancement. The
community has been left with a legacy of vacant and
underutilized facilities, including former brick-making
facilities and landfills, that are likely contaminated with
hazardous substances. Cleanup of the village's
brownfields will help reduce public health and safety
hazards and eliminate the blight associated with the
sites. Redevelopment of the properties is expected to
increase the tax base, promote healthy living and
investment in the community, and foster collaboration
among residents, businesses, and private and
governmental organizations. The village plans to
redevelop the former Barboursville Brickyard site into
multi-family housing and a small mixed-use park.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Village of Barboursville for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to conduct community
outreach activities, and clean up and develop reuse
plans for the approximately 20-acre former
Barboursville Brickyard on Peyton Street. Cleanup
will include removal of impacted media, installation
of engineering controls, and implementation of land
use and groundwater restrictions. Soil and
groundwater at the site are contaminated with
petroleum products and hazardous substances as a
result of 75 years of brick manufacturing at the now
mostly vacant property.
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 3 Brownfields Team
(215)814-3129
EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf-lr)
Grant Recipient: Village of Barboursville,WV
(304) 736-8994
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)
EPA 560-F-06-062
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