I Q *\ Brownfields 2004 Assessment, Cleanup and
Revolving Loan Fund Grant Fact Sheet
Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency, Nashville, TN
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 Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency was
selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant, a
cleanup grant, and a revolving loan fund grant. The
agency administers brownfields and other federal
programs for Davidson County and the City of Nashville.
Nashville, a community along the Cumberland River, has
574,739 residents. All three grants will be used in the
Riverfront Brownfields Revitalization area located along
the riverfront in downtown Nashville. Approximately
12,990 persons live in this area, 75 percent of whom are
minorities, mostly African-Americans. Nearly 60 percent
of these residents live in poverty, and more than 17
percent are unemployed. Brownfield sites in this area
include former metal recycling, meatpacking, packaging,
and other heavy industrial facilities, comprising an
estimated 150 to 200 acres of underutilized or abandoned
brownfields. Redevelopment of the former hospital will
allow mixed-use, mixed-income development that will
include open space and greenways, transportation,
housing, and retail facilities. Redevelopment of the area's
brownfields will attract new investment, create jobs,
remove harmful contamination, and generate tax revenues.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Metropolitan Development
and Housing Agency in Nashville to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds and petroleum grant funds
will both be used to conduct Phase I and II
assessments at priority brownfields sites in the
Riverfront area of Nashville. Grant funds also will
be used to conduct community outreach activities.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$300,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Metropolitan Development
and Housing Agency in Nashville to receive a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. Grant
funds will be used to capitalize a revolving loan
fund, from which the Metropolitan Development
and Housing Agency will provide loans and
subgrants to remediate sites that are contaminated
with petroleum. Grant funds also will be used to
conduct community outreach activities.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Metropolitan Development
and Housing Agency in Nashville to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
used to plan and conduct remedial activities at the
former Nashville Metropolitan General Hospital
site in the Rolling Mill Hill revitalization area,
within the Riverfront area of the city. Grant funds
also will be used for cleanup planning and
community outreach activities.
Contacts
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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/was te/bf)
Grant Recipient: Metropolitan Development and
Housing Agency,TN
(615)252-8542^
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-04-147
June 2004

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