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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant  Fact Sheet

 Colorado Department

  of Public Health and

         Environment


EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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 this 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment (CDPHE) was selected to receive a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The CDPHE is
the environmental regulatory body of Colorado (popula-
tion 4,300,000). The CDPHE will target three commu-
nities: the City and County of Denver, a federally
designated Enterprise Community and Brownfields
Showcase Community, and the Cities of Englewood
and Lake wood. Denver has identified seven areas for
redevelopment as potential Transit-Oriented Develop-
ments or light rail stations that are located in low-to-
 Revolving Loan Fund
 Grant
 $1,250,000 for hazardous substances

 EPA has selected the Colorado Department of
 Public Health and Environment for a brownfields
 revolving loan fund grant. The grant will be used to
 capitalize a revolving loan fund from which the
 Colorado Department of Public Health and Envi-
 ronment will provide loans and subgrants to con-
 duct cleanup activities at sites contaminated with
 hazardous substances. The Colorado Department
 of Public Health and Environment is targeting sites
 in the City and County of Denver and the Cities of
 Englewood and Lake wood for cleanup activities.
 The grant also will be used to support community
 involvement 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
 303-312-7074
 http://www.epa.gov/region8/brownfields

 Grant Recipient: Colorado Department of Public
 Health and Environment
 303-692-3398

 The information presented in this fact sheet comes
 from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
 accuracy of this information. The cooperative
 agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
 ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
 sheet are subject to change.
moderate income neighborhoods. Englewood, a
landlocked city with no undeveloped land, has a long
history of heavy manufacturing and is targeting a
former iron foundry for cleanup and redevelopment.
                                               Solid Waste and
                                               Emergency Response
                                               (5105T)
                       EPA560-F-08-177
                       April 2008
                       www.epa.gov/brownfields

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Lakewood is focusing on hazardous substances-
contaminated sites in four neighborhoods in and
around a railroad corridor. All three target communi-
ties have a large number of low-income minority
residents. Brownfields cleanup and redevelopment
conducted through the RLF grant are expected to
stimulate investment and redevelopment.

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