I ^ | Brownfields 2011 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet Daytona Beach, FL 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. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and communities around the country cleanup and revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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 City of Daytona Beach was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. Located on the Atlantic Coast of northeast Florida, Daytona Beach (population 64,183) contains numerous abandoned and underused properties. A large part of the city's economy is dependent upon tourism, which has recently declined. Passenger traffic at the Daytona Beach International Airport dropped by about one-third during each of the last two years. The city's unemployment rate is 11.2 percent, and the median household income is significantly lower than the state and national medians. Nearly 36 percent of city residents are African-American, and about 25 percent of residents live below the poverty level. The target site consists of five contiguous parcels totaling nearly two acres of land in the city's downtown community redevelopment area. Cleanup of the site will reduce threats of exposure to contamination and is expected to enable implementation of redevelopment plans for the site. The target site is a key component of the city's overall redevelopment vision, which includes a parking facility with retail, commercial, and residential components. Cleanup Grant $100,000 for hazardous substances $100,000 for petroleum EPA has selected the City of Daytona Beach for a brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds will be used to clean up the Palmetto Avenue and Wall Street Parking Lot site located at the southeast corner of Magnolia Street at the intersection of Palmetto Avenue. Historic uses of the site include a printing company, automobile repair shops, and gasoline filling stations. The property is currently used as a parking lot. Contaminants identified in site soil and groundwater include chlorinated and petroleum hydrocarbons. Grant funds also will be used to conduct community outreach activities. 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: City of Daytona Beach,FL 386-671-8613 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-128-041 May 2011 ------- |