I w 1 Brownfields 2022 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet

The Industrial Commons, Morgantown, NC

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.

Cleanup Grant

$500,000

EPA has selected The Industrial Commons for a Brownfields Cleanup
Grant. Grant funds will be used to clean up the Former Drexel Plan 3&5
site located at 211 East Fleming Drive in the City of Morganton. The
28-acre site operated as a furniture manufacturer from the early 1920s
until the early 2000s. A fire in 2009 consumed several buildings on the
site, and the site has been vacant and unmaintained since. It is
contaminated with metals and inorganic contaminants co-mingled with
petroleum products and also contains an underground storage tank. Grant
funds also will be used for redevelopment planning and 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) 562-8604

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

Grant Recipient: The Industrial Commons, NC
(281)702-0211

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-22-201
May 2022

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