/ D \ Brownfields 1997 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet J Puyallup Tribe of Tacoma PRO1"4 EPA Brownfields Initiative 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. Background EPA Region 10 selected the Puyallup Tribe for a Regional Brownfields Pilot. Interest in redeveloping the Tacoma industrial waterfront area is shared not only by a Tribal population of approximately 2,100, but also by the broader community including the City of Fife, City of Puyallup, County of Tacoma, and County of Pierce. The overall population of the project area is about 200,000. Within the waterfront are two key properties acquired in Trust in 1989 by the Puyallup Tribe in order to develop a marine terminal on the lands. However, further study by the Puyallup Tribe has demonstrated that alone, these Trust properties are not adequate, due to their size (total 123 acres) and configuration, for building a marketable-sized terminal. An adjacent 44-acre parcel, known as the Reichhold Property, also is needed for the terminal, but it has hazardous waste problems that are being managed under a RCRA permit. The Pilot will allow the Puyallup Tribe to work with Reichhold to plan cleanup, property acquisition, and redevelopment. Pilot Snapshot Date of Announcement: 09/01/1996 Amount: $100,000 Profile: The Pilot targets 167 acres of Tribal lands located along the Blair Waterway in downtown Tacoma. 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 10 Brownfields Team (206)553-7299 EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site (http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/ sites/bf) Grant Recipient: Puyallup Tribe of Tacoma,WA (206)383-2820 Objectives The Puyallup Tribe is working to acquire the Reichhold Property and construct a large marine terminal. The Puyallup Tribe plans to use the EPA grant to assist in the environmental analysis of the Reichhold Property and coordinate a solution to the drainage and wetlands issues that is consistent with the resolution of similar issues on the Tribe's two Trust properties. Wetlands planning and design work directed at solutions for both the Reichhold Property and the Trust land would facilitate the creation of a lands mitigation plan that could increase the size of the area available for industrial development on the waterfront and could positively affect wetland mitigation on other Tribal property. Activities The Pilot is: • Reviewing and analyzing the extent of United States c Environmental anri Fmpflpn™ EPA 500-F-97-068 nil- a ancl Emergency .. Protection Agency Response (5105T) MaV97 Washington, DC 20450 ^ v ' ------- environmental contamination on the Reichhold Property; • Coordinating a cleanup and redevelopment plan; and • Analyzing and developing a drainage and wetlands mitigation plan for the Reichhold Property that is consistent with the plans for the Trust lands. Experience with the Puyallup Tribe Pilot has been a catalyst for related activities including the following. • Facilitating a consultative process to acquire and develop the Reichhold Property. • Involving students from the Tribal College in the process. 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 500-F-97-068 May 97 ------- |