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 Brownfields  2004
 Grant  Fact  Sheet
          Franklin,  IN
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, the President
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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Franklin was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant.  Franklin's 4.5 percent
poverty rate is expected to rise with ongoing plant
closings, which have reduced Franklin's workforce by
12 percent. With a majority of local jobs concentrated
in two types of manufacturing, the city (population
19,463) needs to expand and diversify job opportunities
to avoid further large-scale impacts on the community
due to plant closings. Franklin's 20 brownfields, many
of which are vacant or abandoned industrial sites,
extend across all targeted areas of the city. Their
assessment and reuse will help spur industrial invest-
ment, which has declined since 1996, and diversify the
city's economic base.
                       Assessment Grant
                       $200,000 for hazardous substances
                       $100,000 for petroleum
                       EPA has selected the City of Franklin for a
                       brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous sub-
                       stances grant funds will be used to prioritize city
                       brownfields for assessment and perform six to
                       eight Phase I and two to four Phase II site
                       assessments, one risk assessment, and community
                       outreach in eight economic revitalization areas.
                       Petroleum grant funds will be used to prioritize
                       sites for assessment and perform  six to eight
                       Phase I and two to four Phase II site assess-
                       ments, one risk assessment, and community
                       outreach in the same revitalization areas.
                       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 5 Brownfields Team
                       312-886-7576
                       http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
                       Grant Recipient: Franklin, IN
                       317-736-3631

                       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-04-049
                                             June 2004
                                             www.epa.gov/brownfields

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