)   Brownfields 2013 Cleanup  Grant Fact Sheet
   ™         Alamosa County Economic Development Corporation,  CO
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.
                    Cleanup Grant

                    $200,000 for hazardous substances

                    EPA has selected the Alamosa County Economic
                    Development Corporation for a brownfields
                    cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds
                    will be used to clean up the Pink Elephant
                    property located at 523, 525, 527, and 529 Sixth
                    Street, and 520 and 524 State Avenue in the City
                    of Alamosa. Since the late 19th century, the site
                    has been used for a number of commercial and
                    residential purposes, including a post office,
                    jewelry store, candy store, tailor, and boarding
                    house. The site is contaminated with inorganic
                    contaminants and metals. Grant funds also will be
                    used to conduct community involvement 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
                                                     (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).

                                                     EPA Region 8 Brownfields Team
                                                     (303)312-6706
                                                     EPA Region 8 Brownfields Web site
                                                     (http://www.epa.gov/region8/bro wnfields/)

                                                     Grant Recipient: Alamosa County Economic
                                                     Development Corporation,CO
                                                     719-580-1642

                                                     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.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-13-161
      May 2013

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