Overview of Blight 2.0: Strategies for Improving Your Town’s Curb Appeal
August 10, 2018
Presented by
Travis Barnum, Brownfields Coordinator
BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM
Brownfields - What is it?
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
Is It a Brownfields?
Is It a Brownfields?
Is It a Brownfields?
Land Use History
2009
2017
Where does Brownfields funding come from?
I thought I got Brownfields funding from EPA, not ADEQ?
Empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely cleanup, and sustainably reuse brownfields
EPA Brownfields Program
Then what actions/activities can ADEQ provide to my project?
• 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
Types of Eligible Activities
Assessments
Cleanup plans
Reuse plans
Abatement/Cleanup
Petroleum Contaminated Sites
Brownfields Grant Guidelines
Types of Eligible Activities
Assessments Cleanup plans Reuse plans
Abatement/Cleanup
Petroleum contaminated sites
Brownfields Grant Guidelines
How will Brownfields help if I attach a stigma to it?
If I claim a property Brownfields doesn’t that devalue the property?
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
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
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
Economic Stability and Growth
• Eco Tourism• Bird watching• Anthropology• Historical• Educational• Sports
Tourism$20.9 Billion in Direct
Travel Spending
Where does Brownfields fit in our redevelopment plans?
How do I get Brownfields funding?
How do I use Brownfields?
When in doubt, call ADEQ
First steps• Have a plan• Check if property is eligible
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
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
FY 19 Projects
• Williams• Jerome• Superior• Duncan• Eager
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