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      EPA
           began its Brownfields Program in 1994 to provide funds and technical assistance to help communities
assess, clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. In 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Small Business
Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act into law, which authorizes up to $250 million per year for Brown-
fields grants, including up to $50 million in state funding.

The law defined brownfields as "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 law also allows for
the assessment and cleanup of low-risk, petroleum-contaminated sites. Nationally, the program has stimulated over
$11 billion in funds and over 47 thousand jobs created for cleanup and redevelopment. With many new jobs created in
some of the nation's most under-served and impoverished neighborhoods, it is easy to  understand how this program
has gained  the continuous support of decision-makers at  all levels of government.
                                   Assessment Grants
                                                                      Cleanup Grants
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                              State, tribal, and local go\ernments are
                              eligible to appK for  funding to in\en-
                              tor\,  characterize, assess, and conduct
                              planning  and  communiU  imokement
                              related to brounfield sites.  Applicants
                              mas  appk for $200,000 to address sites
                              contaminated b\ hazardous substances.
                              pollutants, or  contaminants  (including
                              hazardous substances co-mingled uith
                              petroleum I and S200.000 to address sites
                              contaminated b\ petroleum.  X commu-
                              nit\-\\ide proposal is  one in \\hich sites
                              arc not specificalK identified. The per-
                              formance period of these grants is three
                              \earsandrecipientsareselectedthrough
                              an annual national competition.
State,  tribal, local governments and non-
profits arc  eligible to appK for funding to
carr\ out cleanup activities at brounfields
sites that thc\ oun. Applicants ma\ appk
for $200,000 per site to address sites con-
taminated  b\ pctn ilcum and/or hazardous
substances. Cleanup grants require a 20%
cost share, eligible  applicants must oun
the site for \\hich it is requesting funding
in order to  qualifv The performance period
of these grants is three vears and recipients
arc  selected through an  annual  national
competition.
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Revolving Loan  Fund Grants
State,  tribal,  and  local  governments  arc
eligible to appk for funding to capitalize
a revolving loan fund v ern ments and non-pa if its
arc eligible to applv for funding to assist resi-
dentsofcommunitiesimpactcdbv brownfields
take adv antage (>f j< >bs created bv the assess-
ment and cleanup of brovvnfields. Applicants
mav applv for S200.0GO and must be l< catcd
within or near  a Brovvnfields  \ssessmcnt
Grant communitv The Job Training Grant Pro-
gram's g< ials arc to prepare trainees for future
cmplovment in the environmental field and to
facilitate cleanup of brow nficlds sites a >ntami-
nated with hazardous substances. The per-
formance period of these grants is two vcars
and recipients are selected through an annual
national competition.

Targeted Brownfields
Assessments
One of [PA's  non-grant programs is the
Targeted Brov\nfields Assessment Program.
TBVs are  conducted  bv  EPA on behalf
of municipalities or non-profits.  This  is a
"grant of services" where an [PA contractor
performs the site assessment. The purpose
of a TB\ is to  minimize the uncertainties
associated with actual  or  perceived  con-
tamination that complicates the rcdev clop-
mcnt of vacant or underutilized properties.
The  average value of these  assessments
     10.000.  There is usuallv one round of
selections per vear and applications are
accepted at anv time. The Brownfields [av\
expanded the  TBA  program's eligible sites
to also include those contaminated soIeK
bv petroleum  products. Call Jim  Bvrne at
i617> 918-1389 for more  informal
BROWN FIELDS
                                                                                          Brownfields in
                                                                                           New England
                                                                                         by the Numbers
           Total dollar value
           of grants awarded
           since 1994.
                                                    Total number of
                                                    cleanup and
                                                    redevelopment
                                                    Jobs created
                                                    since 1994.



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 State and Tribal Funding


 Slates and tribes plav a significant role in identifying, clean-
 ing up and redeveloping brounfield properties. [PA provides
 up  to S50 million annualK in grants to stales and tribes to
 establish  or enhance their response programs that address
 the assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brounficlds.
       ind tribes can use this funding to establish or expand
 \oluntarv  cleanup programs, perform environmental assess-
 ments and cleanups, capitalize a cleanup rc\ < >l\ ing loan fund.
 purchase  environmental insurance, establish or maintain a
 public record of sites, oversee cleanups, and to conduct site-
 specific activ ilies.
                 FP\ Funding for  Total [PA Funding
                 Slate and Tribal     in Each State
                   Agencies        Since 1994
                   Since 1994
          a
    $6.942,301
                  $6,150,853
.'3,810
                    $ 184;
                    $ 19,908,070
                                                                          EPA New England
                                                                        Brownfields Contacts
                                                                          Carol Tucker
                                                                          Brounfields Section Chief
                                                                          (617)918-1221
                                                                          tucker.carol@epa.go\
          Total    S 38.884.731     $168.210.081
Diane Kelley
Brownfields Coordinator
& State Programs
(617)918-1424
kcllcv.diane@epa go\

Jirn Byrne
Cleanup Grants  & Targeted
Brounficlds Assessments
(617)918-1389
b\ rne.james@epa.gov

Kathy Castacjna
\nn-profitOutreach
(6171918-1429
costagna.kathlecn@epa.gov

Dorrie Paar
Petroleum
(617)918-1432
paar.dorrie@epa.gov

Chris Lombard
Communications
(617)918-1305
lombard.chris@epa.gov

Marcus Holmes
Job Train ing Grants
(617)918-1630
holmcs.marcus@epa.gov
Alan Peterson
\ssessmcnt Grants
(617)918-1022
petcrson.alan@cpa.gov

Jessica Domin^uez
Sustainable Reuse
     918-1627
dominguczjessica@cpa.gov

Joe Ferrari
Revolving Loan Fund Grants
(617)918-1105
ferrari.joe@epa.gov

Steve Chase
Special Projects
(617)918-1431
chase.stev e@epa.gov

Rona Gregory
Legal  \d\
(617)918-1096
grcgor\ .rona@epa.gov

Dr. Nora Conlon
QualiU Assurance
Project Ran Coordinator
(617)918-8335
conlon.nora@epa.gov
      Visit www.epa.cjov/reiJionl/brownfields
          for additional information on  hou [PVs
             Brounfields program is rebuilding
         Ncu England, communitv bv communitv
                                               Ken Champlin
                                               Data Manager
                                               (617)918-1528
                                               champlin.kcnneth@epa.gov
&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency New England
       1  Congress Street
       Suite 1100
       Boston, MA 02114
                                 EPA 901 F 08-002
                                 April 2008

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