Brownfields 2012 Revolving Loan Fund Grant
Fact Sheet
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NY
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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. In 2002,
the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act was passed to help states and
communities around the country cleanup and revitalize
brownfields sites. 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.
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 (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Team
(212) 637-3260
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region2/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of New York
212-676-0386
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 negotiated. Therefore, activities
described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$650,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of New York for a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund
from which the City of New York will provide
loans and subgrants to support cleanup activities
for sites contaminated with hazardous substances.
Grant funds also will be used to market the
program, oversee fund management activities, and
provide technical support for the implementation
of the program.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-056
May 2012
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