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Overview of Blight 2.0: Strategies for Improving Your Town’s Curb Appeal
August 10, 2018
Presented by
Travis Barnum, Brownfields Coordinator
BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM
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Brownfields - What is it?
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Brownfields Definition
Brownfields are real properties, where the expansion, redevelopment or reuse may be complicated by the
actual or perceived presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or
contaminant.
Brownfields Overview
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Is It a Brownfields?
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Is It a Brownfields?
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Is It a Brownfields?
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Land Use History
2009
2017
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Where does Brownfields funding come from?
I thought I got Brownfields funding from EPA, not ADEQ?
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Empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely cleanup, and sustainably reuse brownfields
EPA Brownfields Program
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Then what actions/activities can ADEQ provide to my project?
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• Brownfields Assessment Grants – provides funds to perform Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, asbestos surveys, and lead-based paint inspections
• Brownfields Cleanup Grants – provides funds to carry out cleanup activities for asbestos and lead-based paint on sites owned by the applicant
Brownfields Grant Guidelines
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Types of Eligible Activities
Assessments
Cleanup plans
Reuse plans
Abatement/Cleanup
Petroleum Contaminated Sites
Brownfields Grant Guidelines
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Types of Eligible Activities
Assessments Cleanup plans Reuse plans
Abatement/Cleanup
Petroleum contaminated sites
Brownfields Grant Guidelines
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How will Brownfields help if I attach a stigma to it?
If I claim a property Brownfields doesn’t that devalue the property?
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Brownfields Impact on Your Community
• Complicates reuse of property
• Poses challenges to find new uses for sites
• Abandoned, not maintained with delinquent taxes
• Blights to the community
• Potential to attract vandalism and illegal dumping
• Degradation to the environment
• Depress communities
• Potential health risks
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Advantages of Brownfields Revitalization
• Reducing environmental hazards
• Creating new business opportunities
• Increasing tax revenue
• Restoring blighted areas to productive use
• Redevelopment may be less expensive than developing previously undeveloped land
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Benefits of Projects to the Community
• Protect human health and/or the environment
• Promote economic development and/or create jobs
• Create, preserve or enhance – parks, greenways and/or recreational properties
• Improve public services
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Economic Stability and Growth
• Eco Tourism• Bird watching• Anthropology• Historical• Educational• Sports
Tourism$20.9 Billion in Direct
Travel Spending
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Where does Brownfields fit in our redevelopment plans?
How do I get Brownfields funding?
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How do I use Brownfields?
When in doubt, call ADEQ
First steps• Have a plan• Check if property is eligible
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Brownfields Eligibility Requirements
• Site must meet the definition of a Brownfields
• Property cannot be located in a Superfund or WQARF area
• Applicant cannot be the responsible party for any contamination
• There cannot be any formal enforcement actions against the property
• Some kind of redevelopment plan should be under consideration for the property
• Applicant must own the property for a cleanup grant
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State Response Grant Funding
• Focus on Arizona’s small and rural communities’ Brownfields needs
• Available to Tribes, non-profits, local governments, and hospital, police, school and fire districts
• Does not require any cost share or matching funds
• Awards are made according to available funds
• Non-competitive
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FY 19 Projects
• Williams• Jerome• Superior• Duncan• Eager
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ASSISTANCE WITH APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE and ENCOURAGED
Contact Information
Travis Barnum, Brownfields CoordinatorWaste Programs Division
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Phoenix, AZ 85007
(602) 771-2296
www.azdeq.gov\brownfields