I ^ | Brownfields 2004 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
V V Rural California Housing Corporation, l/l/esf Sacramento, CA
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 Rural California Housing Corporation was selected to
receive a brownfields cleanup grant. Cleanup of the
WIND site will allow construction to begin on a safe
house, which will provide energy-efficient, temporary
housing for elderly persons who have been removed from
their residences due to abuse. This emergency housing
project will be the first of its kind on the West Coast. The
pesticide known to exist on the property is a potential
health threat to residents and has deterred property resale.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Rural California Housing
Corporation for a brownfields cleanup grant. The
cleanup grant will be used to clean up hazardous
substances contamination at the two-acre WIND
(Sacramento Senior Safe House) site on 3420 East
Country Club Lane, in the small Town and
Country Village area of Sacramento County.
WIND, a former pest control business that is now
vacant, is contaminated with chlordane.
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 9 Brownfields Team
(415) 972-3091
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro wnfields )
Grant Recipient: Rural California Housing
Corporation
(914)414-4400
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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Protection Agency	Response (5105T)	June 2004
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