Q \ Brownfields 2009 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
J Cumberland Valley Area Development District, Southeastern
Kentucky

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 Cumberland Valley Area Development District
was selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant.
The District is composed of eight counties (combined
population 238,270) in southeastern Kentucky. The
region's economy relies primarily on the coal industry,
with other industrial sites scattered throughout the area.
Most brownfields in the Valley region consist of
mine-scarred lands, abandoned factories, and other
industrial facilities. They are eyesores, pose unknown
threats to public health, and contribute to urban sprawl.
Seven of the eight counties are considered distressed,
with high unemployment and poverty rates. The poverty
rate in the region is nearly 30 percent, and the median
household income is significantly lower than the state
or national median. Brownfield assessments will help
the District take appropriate actions to reduce human
health and environmental threats, determine the most
productive site reuse, and leverage funding for
redevelopment.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Cumberland Valley Area
Development District for a brownfields assessment
grant. Community-wide hazardous substances grant
funds will be used to develop an inventory of sites
and conduct from 5 to 10 Phase I and from 3 to 5
Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds
also will be used to conduct cleanup planning and
support 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/brownfields).
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8792
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http: //www. epa.gov/region4/waste/bf)
Grant Recipient: Cumberland Valley Area
Development District,KY
(606) 864-7391
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.
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