Brownfields 2021 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet

East Tennessee Development District

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. The Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002, as amended by the
Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development
Act of 2018, was passed to help states and communities around
the country clean up and revitalize brownfield sites. Under this
law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through five competitive grant programs: Multipurpose Grants,
Assessment Grants, Revolving Loan Fund Grants, Cleanup
Grants, and Environmental Workforce Development and Job
Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to
state and tribal response programs through a separate
mechanism.

Assessment Grant

$600,000

EPA has selected East Tennessee Development District for a
Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant. Community-wide grant funds
will be used to inventory and prioritize sites and conduct 12 Phase I and
five Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be
used to develop five cleanup plans and support redevelopment planning
and community outreach activities. Assessment activities will focus on
distressed areas within Scott County, Roane County, the City of
Morristown, and the City of Rocky Top, which are the applicant's
coalition partners. Priority sites include a former auto salvage yard and
an adjacent abandoned concrete plant in Rocky Top; a former truck
terminal and maintenance garage in Morristown; and a former auto parts
manufacturer and an abandoned grocery store in Roane County.

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) 562-8604

EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/r4)

Grant Recipient: East Tennessee Development District, TN
(865)273-6003 ext 112

Hie 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

Land and
Emergency
Management (5105T)

EPA-560-F-21 -162
May 2021

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