The public was invited to an informational presentation about the Gold Country Coalition EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant. The Sierra Fund hosted a virtual community meeting with the City of Grass Valley in order to disseminate the findings of the work completed. The presentation reported the results of the assessments done on properties impacted by historic mining activities for the presence of contamination, and to prepare plans to address sites where contamination was identified. Assessment was conducted on eleven properties in Nevada County totaling 386 acres; all of these sites were close to population centers. Seven cleanup plans were prepared for 229 acres of property with mining contamination.
A video recording of the meeting is available here.
A Brownfields site is a property with the real or perceived presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant which can complicate development or reuse. Cleaning up and developing these Brownfields properties can facilitate job growth, take development pressures off undeveloped land; and improve and protect the environment and public health. Presentations were followed by audience Q&A.
Know & Go
What: Presentation of findings from the EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant
When: Thursday, February 17, 2022, 6 -7:30 PM
Where: This is a Zoom virtual presentation/meeting.
Presenters:
- Tom Last, Grass Valley’s Community Development Director. He managed the assessment project and will speak to the assessment key findings.
- Jason Muir of NV5, a consulting firm who conducted the assessment. He will speak to the assessment process and findings.
- Carrie Monohan, Ph.D., Program Director of The Sierra Fund. She will give an overview of issues related to cleaning-up and re-using abandoned mine lands.
- Eric Byous from the US EPA will talk about federal funding and resource opportunities for clean ups.
If you have questions about this public meeting, contact Greg Thrush of The Sierra Fund, at (530) 265-8454 x212 or via email greg.thrush@sierrafund.org. For more information about the US EPA Brownfields Grant, contact Tom Last, City of Grass Valley, at (530) 274-4711.
For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Gold Country Coalition Brownfields Assessment, click here.
To view the US EPA Gold Country Coalition 2017 Brownfields Assessment Grant fact sheet, click here.
Click here to learn more about the City of Grass Valley’s Brownfields program.
Resources
EPA & The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law fact sheet, click here.
EPA Free Technical Assistance Brownfields and Land Revitalization fact sheet, click here.
