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Brownfields 2002 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet
Kanawha County, West Virginia
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
EPA has selected Kanawha County for a Brownfields
Assessment Pilot. Kanawha County is located in the
Appalachian region of west central West Virginia. The
Pilot targets brownfields in communities within the
Kelly's Creek watershed, which includes the towns of
Monarch, Shrewsbury, Cedar Grove, Ward, Mammoth,
Glasgow, and Riverside. Under the Pilot, the county will
work with the Kelly's Creek Communities Association
(KCCA) to target potential brownfields in these
communities, where the perception of contamination
from former coal mining is driving away residents and
stifling new business and industrial investment. The
county plans to use the West Virginia Abandoned Mine
Land Inventory, water quality data provided by the state,
community input, and other data sources to prepare an
inventory and prioritize sites to be assessed.
From the early 1800s, communities within the Kelly's
Creek watershed (population 5,870) thrived as the coal
mining industry and other businesses provided steady
jobs and adequate incomes. The post World War II
decline of the area's coal industry and related businesses
left the watershed communities with no economic
stability and residents with no transferable job skills.
Currently, the unemployment rate in these communities
averages 11 percent, and per capita income is $9,036.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/01/2002
Amount: $200,000
Profile: Kanawha County, West Virginia. This Pilot
will target sites in the 24-square mile Kelly's Creek
watershed, which is economically distressed due to
declines in the coal industry since World War II
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 3 Brownfields Team
(215)814-3129
EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
(http ://www .epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf-lr)
Grant Recipient: Kanawha County, West Virginia
(304) 357-0101
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Objectives
The county's objective is to take the first steps toward
making economic recovery feasible in the Kelly's Creek
watershed. The Pilot hopes to accomplish this objective
by actively engaging the community in a sustained
cooperative effort to create an inventory of brownfields
throughout the 24-square-mile watershed area; prioritize
these sites using measures such as public safety,
redevelopment potential, and economic feasibility;
conduct Phase I and Phase II assessments on priority
sites; and develop a strategic plan for cleanup and
redevelopment of the priority sites that is acceptable to
all project participants.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
•	Creating an inventory and prioritizing
brownfields in the watershed;
•	Performing Phase I and Phase II assessments of
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priority sites; and
• Engaging local community members in all
phases of the Pilot.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet
been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this
fact sheet are subject to change.
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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