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Brownfields News
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 New Brownfields Program Activities Launched Under the Recovery Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will provide $100 million to the EPA Brownfields Program for clean up, revitalization, and sustainable reuse of contaminated properties. The funds will be awarded to eligible entities through job training, assessment, revolving loan fund, and cleanup grants.
Region 10 Shares $2.45M in New Stimulus and Brownfields Program Grants
Ten projects serving nine communities across the Northwest have been awarded nearly $2.45 million to help assess, cleanup and revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem properties to productive community use. The funding for assessment and cleanup activities includes $1.25 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Successful applicants include six communities in Washington, two communities in Idaho and the Portland Development Commission.
Washington grants - $1.4 million
Oregon grant - $200,000
Idaho grants - $850,000
Competition for Brownfields grants continues to be extremely fierce nationally. A year ago the Region 10 Brownfields Program committed to a goal of supporting the Region’s communities in the development of more competitive grant proposals. Several field workshops, web seminars, and conference calls assisted the organizations whose proposals were selected. The Brownfields Team will continue those efforts in 2009 and support the submission of even more competitive proposals in the 2010 grants cycle.
How to Leverage Financial Resources for Land Revitalization
Presentation at the Washington State Brownfields and Land Revitalization Conference, October 21, 2008. Susan Morales, Region 10 Brownfields Coordinator.Projects that clearly integrate remedial actions with the larger community vision often solve multiple problems, leverage multiple funding sources, and keep stakeholder focus on the end goal. This is best accomplished when planning and coordination with the community take place before cleanup actions begin. Susan Morales explains how to leverage funding sources with an early end use plan that makes connections between cleanup and other aspects of a project and which opens up the door to sources of funding for such activities as infrastructure development, water quality protection, historical rehabilitation, or habitat restoration in her presentation: How to Leverage Financial Resources for Land Revitalization (PDF) (18 pp. 684K)
Brownfields Tax Incentive Extended through 2009
On October 3, 2008, H.R. 1424 was signed into law by the President. Section 318 of the bill provides for expensing of environmental remediation costs extending the current brownfield tax incentive till December 31, 2009, and is effective for expenditures paid or incurred after December 31, 2007. The tax incentive allows taxpayers to receive a current federal income tax deduction for certain qualifying remediation costs that would otherwise by subject to capitalization. The extension is a timely benefit for companies seeking to acquire or dispose of environmentally impaired properties
Cleanup launched for Bayhorse State Park site in Idaho
Cleanup work began July 28th on townsite tailings and two nearby mines. The first phase of the project includes two new bridges, walkways and a parking lot. The $985,000-plus contract represents a milestone and starts the cleanup of the Bayhorse Mining District. Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, the property owner, is tying the cleanup to its plan to preserve a historic mining ghost town and other mining structures as well as to enhance trail access. It is funded, in part, through a federal Brownfields grant administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This initial cleanup contract includes work on the Townsite, the Beardsley Mine and two of the three Pacific mine sites.
Municipality of Anchorage Awarded $200,000 to Cleanup Peacock Cleaners Site
The EPA selected the Municipality of Anchorage for a Brownfields $200,000 clean up grant. The hazardous substances cleanup grant will be used to clean up the Peacock Cleaners site at 4501 Lake Otis Parkway in Anchorage. The cleanup plan includes removing an underground storage tank. The site is a former dry cleaning facility that is contaminated with hazardous substances including chlorinated and other solvents. When the site is cleaned the municipality plans to develop it for commercial or business use.
Municipality of Anchorage Grant Fact Sheet (PDF) (1 pp. 38K)
EPA awards Tacoma Salvation Army $117,900 Petroleum Cleanup Grant
The EPA selected the Salvation Army in Tacoma, Washington for a Brownfield's cleanup Grant. The petroleum cleanup grant funds will be used to clean up the Salvation Army Child Care expansion site at 1111 South Union Avenue. The site was first developed as an automotive service station in 1936 and is currently vacant. Site soil is contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. Grant funds will also be used to support outreach activities in the local community.
Tacoma Salvation Army Grant Fact Sheet (PDF) (1 pp. 38K)
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Last Updated: 08/19/2009
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