United States Environ menial Protection LI M % Agency Brownfields 2021 Assessment Fact Sheet Apache County, Eagar, Holbrook, Pinetop-Lakeside, Springerville, and St. Johns, AZ Grant Recipient Information Publication Information Office: United States Environmental Protection Agency Land and Emergency Management (5105T) Washington, D.C. 20460 Publication Number: Publication Date: EPA-560-F-21-036 May 2021 Name: Apache County Phone: 928-337-7547 EPA Information Region: EPA Region 9 Brownfields Team Phone: 213-244-1821 Website: https://www.epa.aov/brownfields/r9 Overview of the 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 Apache County for a Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant. Community-wide grant funds will be used to inventory and prioritize sites and conduct 14 Phase I and eight Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to prepare cleanup and reuse plans and conduct community outreach activities. Assessment activities will focus on the Cities of Eagar, Holbrook, Pinetop-Lakeside, Springerville, and St. Johns, which are the coalition partners for this grant. Priority brownfield sites include former gas stations, paint shops, auto body shops, a sawmill, a school, and a market. 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). ------- The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the grant application; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of the information. The cooperative agreement is negotiated after the selection announcement. Therefore, the funding amount and activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. ------- |