Brownfields 2013 Revolving  Loan Fund Grant
              Fact Sheet
              Wye County, NV
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.
                     Revolving  Loan Fund Grant

                     $502,811 for hazardous substances
                     $497,189 for petroleum

                     EPA has selected the Nye County for a
                     brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
                     will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund
                     from which Nye County will provide loans and
                     subgrants to support cleanup activities for sites
                     contaminated with hazardous substances and
                     petroleum. The county plans to issue four loans
                     and two subgrants. Grant funds also will be used
                     to oversee cleanups and support community
                     outreach activities. The county's coalition partners
                     are Esmeralda County, Lincoln County, and White
                     Pine County. The four counties are  all members of
                     the Rural Desert Southwest Brownfields Coalition.
                                                     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 9 Brownfields Team
                                                     (213)244-1821
                                                     EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
                                                     (http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro  wnfields)

                                                     Grant Recipient: Nye County,NV
                                                     775-751-7075

                                                     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-13-017
      May 2013

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