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Brownfields 2006 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Clackamas County, OR
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
Clackamas County was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. Clackamas County (population
364,388) is one of three counties that make up the
Portland Metropolitan Region. It has the largest
concentration of businesses in the State of Oregon. The
county's economic base has particular strength in metal
fabrication, machinery, distribution, computer hardware,
software and professional service firms. The county also
has several large retail areas. However, unemployment
rates for the county are well above the national rates.
More than 50 percent of the county's residents must
commute out of Clackamas for employment, and 9.2
percent of all residents live below the poverty level. There
are over 100 known brownfield sites totaling 1,000 acres
that are industrial sites and former lumber mills. Over
one-third of the land in the county is protected national
forest land. A lack of industrial and larger commercial
sites is hurting the county's ability to expand business,
create jobs, and keep businesses in the county. Revitalized
brownfields will be used for new businesses, parks,
community centers, and retail space. Brownfields
redevelopment will increase investment in the county,
increase tax revenue to support public services, create
jobs, increase property values, reduce blight and
environmental health hazards, and restore local pride.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected Clackamas County for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to conduct up
to eight Phase I and up to three Phase II
environmental site assessments, support
community outreach activities, create a site
inventory, and prepare cleanup and redevelopment
plans for one of the assessed properties.
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: Clackamas County,OR
(503)353-4327
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-06-198
May 2006

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