BROWNF .PS
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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
protecting the public rs health
and the emir. .\hile
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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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