Brownfields 2005 Grant Fact Sheet

North Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency, NV

EPA BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic development 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. On January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through four competitive grant programs: 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.

ASSESSMENT GRANT

$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the North Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency for a brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be used to inventory and prioritize sites, conduct Phase I and II environmental site assessments, and develop cleanup plans for sites in the two redevelopment areas within the city limits. Funds also will be used to conduct community outreach.

COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION

The North Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency was selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant. The City of North Las Vegas (population 115,489) is located in Clark County, Nevada. Between 1983 and 2000 the city grew 148 percent. This rapid growth has presented challenges for the city and requires underutilized properties to be returned to productive use as quickly as possible. Two target areas, with a total of nearly 700 acres, have been identified for redevelopment: the Downtown Redevelopment Area and the North Redevelopment Area. Approximately 80 percent of the residents in both areas are Latino. Nearly 36 percent of adult downtown area residents and 28 percent of north area residents have no more than an elementary school education. The downtown area is a mix of commercial, residential, and light manufacturing properties. The deteriorated conditions of the commercial spaces and the housing stock, and the faulty land subdivision patterns, have discouraged private investment. Assessment of the brownfields properties will help the city advance the redevelopment process to rehabilitate properties, build better homes, create jobs, and stimulate business and development in the two target areas.

CONTACTS

For further information, including specific grant contacts, additional grant information, brownfields news and events, and publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/brownfields.

EPA Region 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3188
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/index.html

Grant Recipient: North Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency, NV
702-633-2034

The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.