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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
$200,000.00
EPA has selected the City of Middlesborough 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 Trace District,
which is located in the middle of the city's two
most significant assets, the Historic Downtown
and the Cumberland Gap National Historical
Park. The district is a community that is in need of
investment to protect minority, low-income, and
sensitive populations, and includes almost 70
potential brownfields. Redevelopment strategies
will focus on the former Park View Motel and
four other catalyst sites. The area-wide planning
project will assist in bridging a gap in investment
and connecting the city's most vibrant resources.
Investment in planning efforts will lead to future
redevelopment and have a catalyst effect not just
within the district but in the entire community.
The grant will help to create new employment,
encourage property investment, and increase local
annual property taxes. Key partners who will
work with the city on this project include
Discover Downtown Middlesboro, the Bell
County Chamber of Commerce, Bell County
Tourism, Appalachian Regional Healthcare,
Action Realty, JRS Restaurant Corp., and Nagle
Law Office.
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
(215)814-3173
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
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United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-17-001G
January 2017

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Grant Recipient: City of Middlesborough, KY
(606) 248-5670
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-17-001G
January 2017

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