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

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