Carbon County, in conjunction with Price, Helper, Wellington and East Carbon, is preparing an application for up to $600,000 in Brownfield grant funding that can be used to reuse and revitalize properties throughout the county.
A public meeting will be held at 2:00 p.m. on November 1 at the Carbon County Administration Building.
Typical properties that are eligible for use of this funding include:
former gas stations
former dry cleaners
former automotive repair shops
old dumps or landfills
old salvage yards
any type of buildings with asbestos and/or lead-based paint
methamphetamine labs
former industrial sites
old manufacturing plants
old foundry companies
former paper products manufacturing former battery manufacturing or recycling facilities
The meeting will provide basic information on the site reuse and revitalization program, explain the grant application process, solicit community support and initiate a discussion of priority reuse and revitalization opportunities.
The grant application will be submitted to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency in November. Funding will be awarded during the spring of 2018. The county and its coalition partners are soliciting community-based organizations and the general public for support and involvement in the grant application process and the development of a sustainable site revitalization program.
A revitalization opportunity site is defined broadly by the EPA as “abandoned, idled or under-used 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 EPA grants support five general types of activities – all of which are relevant to the coalition’s priority revitalization initiatives:
conducting a community-wide inventory of potential sites
identifying priority opportunity sites and conducting assessment activities
conducting cleanup and reuse planning
community outreach; and
planning for revitalization of priority areas or corridors.
Additional sources of state or federal funding will be sought for cleanup work. The goal of the EPA program is to turn underutilized sites from community blight to community benefit, restoring them to safe, viable properties that contribute to the economic wellbeing of the community.
Additional information can be received by calling Tami Ursenbach, director of Carbon County Economic Development (435) 636-3294 or tami.ursenbach@carbon.utah.gov.
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