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 Brownfields  2005

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

       Great Northern

         Development

     Corporation,  Inc.,

   Northeast Montana


EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site 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. On January 11, 2002, President George
W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the
Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

Great Northern Development Corporation, Inc.
(GNDC), was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. GNDC serves a six-county area
covering 17,477 square miles in the northeastern corner
of Montana. The population in the six counties has
been declining as industry and young people leave the
region, and is now 27,673. Of those residents, 24
percent are American Indian, and the target area
includes the entire Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine
  Assessment Grant    (2005/1
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  $100,000 for petroleum

  EPA has selected Great Northern Development
  Corporation, Inc., to receive a brownfields
  assessment grant. Grant funds will be used to
  conduct two Phase I site assessments and one
  Phase II site assessment. Funds also will be used
  for site-specific planning and community outreach
  activities.
  Contacts
  For further information, including specific grant
  contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
  news and events, and publications and links, visit
  the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
  brownfields.

  EPA Region 8 Brownfields Team
  303-312-6803
  http://www.epa.gov/region08/land_waste/bfhome/
  bfhome.html

  Grant Recipient: Great Northern Development
  Corporation, Inc., MT
  406-653-2590

  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Indian Reservation. The region's loss of industry has
increased the number of people living in poverty, with
poverty levels ranging from 9.5 percent in Valley
County to 30.1 percent on the Fort Peck Reservation.
The per capita income in the area is below the state
and national averages. A recent inventory identified 72
petroleum release sites within the six-county area,
many of which are abandoned. GNDC plans to
complete a Regional Brownfields Plan to guide its
brownfields efforts. Regional brownfields redevelop-
ment will remove eyesores, spur development, and
address health and safety issues.
                                               Solid Waste and
                                               Emergency Response
                                               (5105T)
                       EPA560-F-05-127
                       May 2005
                       www.epa.gov/brownfields

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