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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. 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 Piedmont Triad Council of Governments (PTCOG)
was selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant.
PTCOG serves a seven-county region in North Carolina. It
plans to focus brownfields assessment activities in three
cities: Lexington, Eden, and Reidsville (combined
population 51,006). Historically, the economies of these
cities depended on the tobacco and manufacturing
industries, including textiles and furniture production. The
decline of these industries has left behind brownfields,
resulted in a dramatic drop in manufacturing jobs and tax
revenues in the targeted areas, and increased
unemployment rates. Eden alone lost almost 3,000 jobs
from 1990 to 2000. The poverty rates in the three target
cities range from 11.6 to 21.2 percent. The City of
Lexington contains about 20 abandoned manufacturing
plants, many next to or in the heart of low-income or
minority neighborhoods. Brownfields negatively affect
neighborhoods in these three cities by attracting illicit
activity and inhibiting new economic growth. In addition,
these sites adversely impact the area's 33 impaired streams
and rivers. Once brownfields properties are assessed and
cleaned up, they will be redeveloped in accordance with
each city's growth management and land use plans.
Brownfields redevelopment will attract capital
investments that will create jobs, contribute to the tax
base, and improve the quality of life for area residents.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Piedmont Triad Council of
Governments for a brownfields assessment grant.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
conduct community involvement activities,
inventory and prioritize brownfields sites, and
perform Phase I environmental site assessments at
sites in the Cities of Lexington, Eden, and
Reidsville.
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
(404) 562-8792
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region4/was te/bf)
Grant Recipient: Piedmont Triad Council of
Governments,N C
(336) 294-4950
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
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-083
May 2006

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