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  Brownfields 2005

  Grant  Fact Sheet

       Treasure  Coast

     Regional Planning

           Council, FL


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

The Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council was
selected to receive a brownfields assessment  grant
and a revolving loan fund grant. The Treasure Coast
Region (total population 1,679,011) encompasses the
Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie
Counties of Florida. Most of the region's approximately
1,300 potentially contaminated sites are in low-income
areas with high rates of unemployment and poverty. In
some of the more acute areas, the poverty rates
exceed 35 percent, and per capita income is less than
$ 10,000. The Council will work with the communities
where the need is most acute and the local government
Assessment Grant    (2005£
$200,000 for petroleum

EPA has selected the Treasure Coast Regional
Planning Council for a brownfields assessment
grant. Grant funds will be used to conduct com-
munity involvement activities, perform approxi-
mately six Phase I and II site assessments, and
develop cleanup plans for sites in targeted rede-
velopment areas of the four-county Treasure
Coast Region.

Revolving Loan Fund l2oos
Grant
$750,000 for petroleum

EPA has selected the Treasure Coast Regional
Planning Council for a brownfields revolving loan
fund grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a
revolving loan fund from which the Treasure
Coast Regional Planning Council will provide
loans and subgrants to support cleanup activities
for sites contaminated with petroleum in targeted
redevelopment areas of the four-county Treasure
Coast Region.
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 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8684
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm

Grant Recipient: Treasure Coast Regional Plan-
ning Council, FL
772-221-4060

The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                     EPA 560-F-05-083
                     May 2005
                     www.epa.gov/brownfields

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resources are limited. Assessment and cleanup of
brownfields sites will help protect the health of commu-
nity residents, and spur redevelopment and revitaliza-
tion in the area. Redevelopment is expected to bring
jobs and private sector investment back to the
brownfields neighborhoods.

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