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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 Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe was selected to receive
a cleanup grant. The project affects 525 tribal members
and 25,000 local non-Indian residents in a small, rural
low-income community with high unemployment. The
site targeted for cleanup is called Site One, which is
part of a larger, integrated Jimmycomelately Estuary
Restoration Project to clean up contaminated wetland
sites in the estuary. Creosote in the wetlands has directly
impacted tribal subsistence shellfish harvesters.
Cleaning up Site One will create greenspace and a safe
shellfish habitat, improve water and sediment quality,
and remove a navigation barrier to kayaks and other
small recreational boats. A steering group called the
Estuary Restoration Design Group has held
neighborhood meetings near the site and has received
advice and approval on the project from the Tribal
Council.
anup Grant Fact Sheet
Sequim Bay, WA
Cleanup Grant
$156,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe for
a brownfields cleanup grant. The cleanup grant
targets an industrial log storage and shipping yard
known as Site One (45 Old Blyn Highway) in a
shellfish wetland habitat. This 7.3-acre site is one of
the top six pollution sources of Sequim Bay and
contains 86 pilings, each of which holds 30-40
gallons of creosote. Creosote contains poly cyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and tars that are
leaching into the water column and damaging the
natural estuarine habitat for shellfish and eelgrass.
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/CLEANUP.NSF/
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Grant Recipient: Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe,WA
(360) 681-4631
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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