^    Brownfields 2010  Cleanup  Grant Fact Sheet
               Minster, OH
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.

Community Description

The Village of Minster was selected to  receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Minster (population 2,794), a
small rural community in east-central Ohio, has faced the
loss of two large employers. In 2006, a  packaging
company, one of the town"s top 10 tax contributors,
announced it was leaving the village. The village expects
to lose another 100 jobs when a billing  center phases out
its local operations. As a result of these losses, the village
expects about a five percent reduction in general funds,
leaving no funds available  for cleanup of the targeted
brownfield property. The cleanup site is within 1,600 feet
of a municipal water source and about 1,500 feet from the
public school. Cleanup of the target property will  reduce
health risks from petroleum products that are leaching
into the groundwater. Cleanup also is expected to  allow
the village to create a recreational area along the historic
Miami-Erie Canal.
                     Cleanup Grant $84,600 for petroleum
                     EPA has selected the Village of Minster for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Petroleum grant funds
                     will be used to clean up the former Minster Oil
                     Facility on 185 W. Fourth Street. The site was a
                     fuel service station from 1952 until about 1990
                     when the underground storage tanks were
                     removed. The soil and groundwater are
                     contaminated with petroleum-based products.
                     Grant funds also will be used to conduct
                     community outreach 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 5 Brownfields Team
                     (312)886-7576
                     EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                     (http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds)

                     Grant Recipient: Village of Minster,OH
                     (419) 628-3497

                     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)
EPA560-F-10-124
      April 2010

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