I JBt | Brownfields 2005 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
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 Colorado Department of Labor and Employment,
Division of Oil and Public Safety was selected to receive
a brownfields assessment grant. Abandoned and
underused petroleum-contaminated properties are a
common sight in almost every community throughout the
State of Colorado (population 4.5 million). Currently
there are more than 1,200 contaminated sites being
remediated by responsible parties and approximately 80
are being remediated by the state using federal leaking
underground storage tank (LUST) trust fund and state
monies. Despite this progress, the state has not been able
to commit resources to identifying, investigating, and
remediating low-priority abandoned petroleum sites.
Many of these sites are abandoned, small neighborhood
service stations that have been replaced by high-volume
retail outlets. Many are eyesores located in low-income
neighborhoods where residents can be exposed to
contaminants. Assessment and cleanup of the sites will
help eliminate potential health and environmental risks,
remove a stigma from affected communities, and increase
local property values. Redevelopment will add new
business and employment opportunities that will, in turn,
add revenues to the local tax base.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Colorado Department of
Labor and Employment, Division of Oil and
Public Safety for a brownfields assessment grant.
Grant funds will be used to identify, prioritize, and
assess potential brownfields, and develop cleanup
and reuse plans for low-priority
petroleum-contaminated sites throughout the State
of Colorado. Funds also will be used to conduct
stakeholder meetings and to establish the level of
effort needed to redevelop or revitalize individual
sites.
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 8 Brownfields Team
(303)312-7074
EPA Region 8 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region8/bro wnfields )
Grant Recipient: Colorado Department of Labor
and Employment
(303) 318-8530
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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