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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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