EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfield sites. 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 Job Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism.
$1,049,300
EPA has selected Sun Valley Zuni, LLC, for a Brownfields Cleanup Grant that will be funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Grant funds will be used to clean up the 7.95-acre Former Zuni Tank Farm at 2514 West 13th Avenue and 2501 West 11th Avenue in the City of Denver. Former uses of the site include a scrap metal warehouse and a former landfill controlled with a surface soil cap. Aerial photos taken in 1954 and 1963 show a coal pile in the southeast portion of the property. Aerial photos taken from 1979 to the present show three aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) and detention ponds. Soil sampling has identified the presence of benzo[a]pyrene and other polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. Heavy metals and inorganic contaminants have been found in buildings and ASTs on the site. Grant funds also will be used to develop a Community Involvement Plan, conduct three community education meetings, and perform other community outreach activities.