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Brownfields 1998 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet
Escambia County, FL
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 Escambia County for a Brownfields
Pilot. Located in the northwestern part of the State,
Escambia County has a geographical area of 661 square
miles. Palafox Corridor, the gateway to the City of
Pensacola (population 4,401), is the targeted Pilot
community. The area is characterized by old houses,
solid waste transfer stations, and a multitude of unused
railroad spurs. Twenty-seven percent of the City's
residents earn less than $10,000, and 5% of the
community is unemployed.
The Pensacola area economy depends on military
installations, industry, shipping, tourism, agriculture,
health care services, and retail trade. The City has
suffered economically from industrial and military
reshuffling. Several key employers have laid off
workers, and the Department of Defense moved its
helicopter repair facility elsewhere. According to a U.S.
Navy study, that closure alone is estimated to impact
5,450 jobs and produce a total economic loss of
approximately $300 million annually. Although much of
Pensacola is undergoing revitalization, the Pilot area
remains a bottleneck. The combination of low-income
employment, lay-offs in older, more established
industries, and former industrial contamination has set
the stage for much needed economic, environmental, and
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Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 07/15/1998
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets the Palafox Corridor for
cleanup and redevelopment into a commercial, light
industrial, and/or commerce center surrounded by
improved residential neighborhoods.
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/waste/bf)
Grant Recipient: Escambia County,FL
(850)595-3496
Objectives
Escambia County's long-term objective is to redevelop
the Palafox Corridor into a commercial, light industrial,
and/or commerce center surrounded by improved
residential neighborhoods. As part of this objective, the
Pilot will address environmental issues and barriers in
order to enhance and encourage redevelopment through
site assessments, community involvement, and
development of reuse options.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
•	Creating a Geographic Information System (GIS)
database outlining property ownership and
environmental assessment status;
•	Conducting Phase I and II environmental site
assessments;
•	Encouraging community involvement by
establishing a committee-type forum to discuss
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assessments, cleanup technology, and
redevelopment issues; and
• Utilizing and expanding the existing Pensacola
Brownfields Committee by establishing a
subcommittee to focus on the redevelopment of
the Palafox Corridor.
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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Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/01/2002
Amount: $150,000
Profile: Escambia County, Florida. The Pilot will
target three additional sites within the Palafox
Corridor Brownfield Redevelopment Area, which has
suffered economically from industrial and military
reshuffling.
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/waste/bf)
Grant Recipient: Escambia County,FL
(850)595-3496
Objectives
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 awarded Escambia County supplemental assistance
for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot.
Located in the far western corner of Florida's panhandle,
Escambia County has a geographical area of 661 square
miles. Palafox Corridor, the gateway to the City of
Pensacola (population 4,400), is the targeted Pilot
community. The area is characterized by old houses,
solid waste transfer stations, and unused railroad spurs.
The city's economy, which is dependant on business
generated from military installations, has suffered
economically from industrial and military reshuffling.
Twenty-seven percent of the city's residents have annual
incomes of less than $10,000. The combination of
low-income employment, lay-offs in older industries, and
contamination at former industrial sites has set the stage
for much needed economic, environmental, and social
redevelopment in Pensacola.
The Palafox Corridor Brownfield Redevelopment Area
encompasses approximately 427 properties and includes
228 vacant acres. The boundaries of the Corridor were
expanded in 2001 to include the sites of the former Town
and County shopping mall and the former Builder's
Square building supply company. The county's long-term
goal is to redevelop the Palafox Corridor into a
commercial, light industrial, or eco-commercial center.
The Pilot will use the supplemental assistance to
continue to address environmental issues by conducting
additional assessments in the brownfield area and
encouraging reinvestment and redevelopment. The
original EPA Pilot completed assessments at five sites
in the target area. The county will use the supplemental
funds to conduct Phase I and Phase II site assessments
on the Town and County shopping mall and the
Builder's Square building. A seven-acre, former auto
junkyard also is targeted for assessment and
redevelopment as a transit facility. Another major goal
of the supplemental project will be to encourage
redevelopment and reinvestment by increasing
awareness of the program in Escambia County.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
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•	Identifying and prioritizing additional sites for
assessment;
•	Developing site-specific quality assurance plans;
•	Conducting Phase I and Phase II environmental
assessments on three sites;
•	Increasing awareness of the county's brownfields
program through outreach and community
involvement activities; and
•	Evaluating site cleanup and reuse options and
exploring models for redevelopment.
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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} Pilot Fact Sheet
Escambia County, FL
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 awarded Escambia County, Florida supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot. Located in the northwestern part of the state,
Escambia County has a geographical area of 661 square
miles. Palafox Corridor, the gateway to the City of
Pensacola (population 4,401), is the targeted Pilot
community. The Palafox Corridor Brownfield
Redevelopment Area has approximately 400 properties
and 228 vacant acres within its boundaries. The Palafox
Corridor is characterized by old houses, solid waste
transfer stations, and a multitude of unused railroad
spurs. Twenty-seven percent of the city's residents earn
less than $10,000, and approximately 5 percent of the
community is unemployed.
The Pensacola area economy depends on military
installations, industry, shipping, tourism, agriculture,
health care services, and retail trade. The city has
suffered economically from industrial and military
reshuffling. The combination of low-income
employment, lay-offs in older, more established
industries, and former industrial contamination has set
the stage for much needed economic, environmental, and
social redevelopment in Pensacola.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 03/01/2001
Amount: $100,000
Profile: Escambia County, FL. The Pilot will
continue to target sites within the Palafox Corridor
Brownfield Redevelopment Area by conducting
additional assessments to encourage redevelopment
and reinvestment.
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/waste/bf)
Grant Recipient: Escambia County,FL
(850)595-3496
Objectives
The Pilot will use the supplemental assistance to
continue to address environmental issues and barriers by
providing additional assessments in the brownfield area
and encouraging reinvestment and redevelopment. The
Pilot has been focusing on two properties in the target
area; however, the supplemental assistance will enable
the Pilot to address additional properties. The long-term
goal is to redevelop the Palafox Corridor into a
commercial, light industrial, and/or eco-commerce
center. One site that is being targeted using
supplemental assistance is a seven-acre site that was
formerly an auto junk yard and is being considered as a
site for a transit-oriented development project and office
space.
To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:
• Identify property owners in the Palafox Corridor
Brownfield Redevelopment Area and prioritize
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sites for redevelopment;
•	Conduct environmental assessments on selected
sites;
•	Develop a market study of the target area,
including job training assessment;
•	Evaluate site cleanup and reuse options and
explore models for redevelopment;
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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Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
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Response (5105T)
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