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$500,000 Regional Grant Awarded to Pay for Environmental Site Assessments

For Eligible Brownfield Properties Including Those in Campbell County
Posted on: February 16, 2023 - 3:22pm
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Do you own a property in the Campbell County that is underutilized, not providing financial benefit, and for some reason, has environmental or redevelopment concerns? 

Conducting an Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) may help. The Central Virginia Planning District Commission (CVPDC) has been awarded a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region 3. The CVPDC grant can, for program eligible properties, fund the Phase I and Phase II evaluation process.

The 3-year grant has EPA funding committed to September 2025. This grant will be used by the CVPDC and its member partners to conduct Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), to support property reuse and remediation planning and economic development and revitalization in the region. 

EPA’s Brownfields Program empowers communities and property owners to work together to assess, characterize and develop a foundation with which to plan the redevelopment and reuse of properties that may have a complicated condition or history preventing use. 

The ESA work on eligible private property will be funded through the awarded EPA Brownfield Assessment grant and within the CVPDC’s region.

What is a Brownfield?

A Brownfield is any real property that has been or is likely to contain hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants that complicate expansion, redevelopment, or reuse. Brownfields, therefore, can be any property, including residential property, which has at some point been exposed to hazardous substances (e.g. pesticides, cleaning fluids).

Do I have a Brownfield property?Broken window of abandoned commercial building with dead trees and vines

There is a possibility that you own a brownfield if you can answer yes to the following questions.

  • Is my land or property vacant, dilapidated, or less productive than it used to be?
  • Could contamination or other environmental conditions impact the value or use of the property?

Who will conduct the Environmental Site Assessments?

The CVPDC has secured the consultant services of Environmental Standards, Inc. Environmental Standards is a nationally recognized firm leading brownfield programs from the Phase I and Phase II environmental assessment through the property redevelopment phase. 

Visit cvpdc.org/regional-initiatives/brownfield-assessment-program for more information or email Claude Dixon, Business Programs Coordinator with Campbell County Economic Development, at cadixon@co.campbell.va.us.