^   Brownfields 2012 Cleanup Grant  Fact Sheet
   ™         Stephenson  County, IL
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 5 Brownfields Team
312-886-4747
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/)

Grant Recipient: Stephenson County, IL
(815)235-8277

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.
                     Cleanup  Grant

                     $200,000 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected Stephenson County for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the former
                     Mortuary site located at 431 South Adams Avenue
                     in Freeport. The site was used as both a mortuary
                     and a residential property, until it was demolished
                     in the 1980s. The site is contaminated with DDT,
                     DDE, and ODD. Grant funds also will be used to
                     support community involvement activities.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-091
      May 2012

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