Brownfields 2013 Cleanup Grant  Fact Sheet
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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 City of Wausau for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the former
                     Hammerblow Corporation site at 920-1000 1st
                     Street. The site was developed in the late 1800s
                     and used for lumber storage, an auto assembly and
                     repair facility, and a tool company, which started
                     to manufacture trailer jacks in the  1930s.
                     Hazardous substances used at the site included
                     machine lubricants, hydraulic oils, parts cleaner,
                     paint, and xylene. Chlorinated solvents and
                     polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons associated
                     with foundry sand materials are the primary
                     contaminants at the site. Grant funds also will be
                     used for 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
                                                      312-886-4747
                                                      EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                                                      (http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds/)

                                                      Grant Recipient: City of Wausau,WI
                                                      715-261-6686

                                                      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-13-139
      May 2013

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