^    Brownfields 2012 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
               Rockford, 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: City of Rockford, IL

Cleanup Grant:
(815)987-5636

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 Grants

                     $600,000 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected the City of Rockford for three
                     brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the 2.5-acre
                     Depot site at 815 South Main Street, the 2.5-acre
                     Lorden/Eclipse site at 715 South Main Street, and
                     the former Tapco site at 502 South Main Street.
                     The Depot site formerly included a freight depot
                     and is adjacent to property that was used for
                     manufacturing and metal plating. It is
                     contaminated with heavy metals. The
                     Lorden/Eclipse site formerly housed
                     manufacturing and metal plating operations, and is
                     contaminated with solvents, volatile organic
                     compounds, and heavy metals. The former Tapco
                     site formerly was used for manufacturing and is
                     contaminated with metals, solvents, and inorganic
                     contaminants. Grant funds at the Depot and
                     Lorden/Eclipse sites will be used to conduct
                     groundwater monitoring and community
                     involvement activities. Grant funds at the former
                     Tapco site will be used to conduct aquifer
                     modeling and community involvement activities.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-090
      May 2012

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