BROWNFIELDS GRANT PROGRAM

The City of Arlington has been awarded $400,000 in grant money from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct communitywide Brownfields site assessments.  As defined by the EPA, a Brownfield 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 City recognizes that Brownfields redevelopment, along with sustainable development, is essential to the economic vitality of Arlington.  As such, the grant funding will be used not only to conduct petroleum and hazardous substance assessments, but also to create a comprehensive site cleanup and redevelopment plan for identified problem areas.

Searching for Brownfield Properties

One can now search for potential Brownfield properties using the City's online Brownfields Database or ArcIMS MultiService Viewer.

Click here to view the Training Manual for the ArcIMS MultiService Viewer. Once the map application is open, you will need to add "Planning" under the Map Services feature in order to view the “Brownfields” layer. You can use the Identify tool (located above the map) when the "Brownfields" layer is selected as your active layer to access the link to the property's record in the online Brownfields Database.

Please note that the inclusion of a property within the Brownfields layer in ArcIMS or in the online Brownfields Database does not necessarily mean that the property is contaminated. It simply identifies a past use that had the potential to cause contamination or it is making available to the public an environmental assessment report that the City conducted on the site.

Target Areas

Although this is a citywide process, specific regions of Arlington will serve as target areas.

	Areas targeted for petroleum assessments:  Central Arlington and East Arlington		Areas targeted for hazardous substances assessments:  Central Arlington, East Arlington, Great Southwest Industrial district, and South Arlington
Petroleum Assessment Fact Sheet		Hazardous Substance Assessment Fact Sheet

The City welcomes input from citizens and other interested groups.  If you would like to be involved in this project or simply kept updated on its progress, please send an e-mail to PlanningDevelopment@arlingtontx.gov with your name and contact information.

You can also stay updated by reviewing the minutes of the Brownfields Advisory Committee Meetings.

For additional information on Brownfields, check out the City's informational brochure (en Espanol), or go to the US Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields website.

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