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Brownfields 2004 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
University of Washington, Tacoma, WA
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 University of Washington, Tacoma, was selected to
receive a brownfields cleanup grant. Tacoma has 194,000
residents, of whom 2,462 live on the university campus.
The university was established in the late 1980s to meet
the higher education needs of the working and commuting
population in the Puget Sound area. The entire city is a
federal Renewal Community, and the campus is a
National Historic District. The unemployment rate in the
area near campus is 18 percent, and 72 percent of families
have low incomes. Tacoma's crime rate, poverty rate, and
frequency of large-scale environmental desecration are
higher than the national average. Cleanup of brownfields
will help meet the demand for higher education in
Tacoma and continue to revitalize the area.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the University of Washington,
Tacoma, to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
Grant funds will be used to clean up petroleum
contamination at the Shaub-Ellison parcel at 1902
Pacific Avenue. The site lies within the University
of Washington, Tacoma, campus boundary.
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: University of Washington
(206) 616-0588
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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