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.
$600,000
EPA has selected Campbell County for a Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant. Community-wide grant funds will be used to inventory sites and conduct five Phase I and five Phase II environmental site assessments at priority sites and 21 Phase I and 12 Phase II environmental site assessments at non-priority sites. Grant funds also will be used to prepare 10 cleanup plans and conduct community outreach activities. Assessment activities will focus on the City of Rocky Top and the Tennessee Railroad Corridor, which runs through Campbell, Anderson, and Scott Counties, including the Town of Hunstville. Priority sites include two railroad spurs along 15 miles of the Tennessee Railroad Corridor, a coal preparation plant located at the southern end of the Tennessee Railroad Corridor in Anderson County, the vacant Stony Fork School located near one of the railroad spurs, and a former grocery store in the City of Rocky Top. Coalition partners are Anderson County and the North East Tennessee Railroad Authority, whose members represent Campbell, Anderson, and Scott Counties.