I jBt; | Brownfields 2006 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Public Health - Seattle & King County, WA
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
Public Health - Seattle & King County (PHSKC) was
selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant. King
County (population 1,737,034) is located on the Puget
Sound in western Washington State, and covers more than
2,200 square miles. The Seattle-King County region is a
culturally diverse area, with immigration playing a pivotal
role in Seattle's increasing diversity. Its population
includes Native American, African-American, Native
Hawaiian, Latino, and Southeast Asian residents. The
poverty rate in the county is 8.4 percent. Over the past
decade, residents have witnessed a dramatic increase in
the number of makeshift drug labs that continue to impact
their communities. These labs are found throughout King
County, with a large concentration in the southern part of
the county. Contamination from methamphetamine drug
lab activities has caused negative social, economic, and
environmental impacts on King County. Brownfields
assessment, eventual cleanup, and redevelopment will
increase the economic value of contaminated properties,
increase community pride, and decrease health and
environmental threats associated with methamphetamine
labs.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected Public Health - Seattle & King
County (PHSKC) for a brownfields assessment
grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
used to conduct community-wide assessments of
contaminated methamphetamine drug lab sites.
Grant funds also will be used for 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 10 Brownfields Team
(206)553-7299
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CL
EANUP.NSF/sites/bf)
Grant Recipient: Public Health - Seattle & King
County ,WA
(206) 263-8475
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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