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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Great Northern
Development
Corporation, Inc.,
Northeast Montana
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 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 Great Northern Development Corporation, Inc.
(GNDC) was selected to receive a brownfields assess-
ment grant. The GNDC's brownfields efforts will
target six rural counties in northeast Montana: Daniels,
Garfield, McCone, Roosevelt, Sheridan, and Valley
(combined population 26,031). These counties include
a federally designated Enterprise Community and the
entire Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Indian Reser-
vation. More than 25 percent of the area's residents are
Native Americans, and 19.3 percent of residents live
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Great Northern Develop-
ment Corporation, Inc. for a brownfields assess-
ment grant. Hazardous substances grant funds
will be used to conduct at least six Phase I and at
least two Phase II environmental site assessments
in six rural counties in the state. Funds also will
be used for 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
303-312-7074
http://www. epa.gov/regionO 8/land_waste/bfhome/
bfhome.html
Grant Recipient: Great Northern Development
Corporation, Inc., MT
406-653-2590
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.
below the poverty level. The closing and downsizing
of several large employers has resulted in a reduced
tax base, fewer job opportunities, and a legacy of
potentially contaminated brownfields. There are 735
abandoned mine sites, and hundreds of leaking under-
ground storage tanks within the six counties.
Brownfields assessment will help to remove the largest
roadblock to redevelopment, which is unknown
environmental contamination. Brownfields redevelop-
ment will increase and diversify the tax base, provide
jobs, and improve the economic stability of the region.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-07-062
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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