Brownfields 2012 Assessment  Grant Fact  Sheet
              Washington County Council of Governments, ME
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 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1429
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/)

Grant Recipient: Washington  County Council of
Governments
(207) 454-0465

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.
                    Assessment Grants

                    $200,000 for hazardous substances
                    $200,000 for petroleum

                    EPA has selected the Washington County Council
                    of Governments for two brownfields assessment
                    grants. Community-wide hazardous substances
                    grant funds will be used to conduct four Phase I
                    and three Phase II environmental site assessments.
                    Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be
                    used to conduct six Phase I and four Phase II
                    environmental site assessments. Funds from both
                    grants also will be used to continue the site
                    selection and evaluation process, develop cleanup
                    plans, and support community outreach and
                    involvement activities. The Council intends to
                    target the communities of Calais, Eastport, and
                    Greater Machias and the U.S. Route 1 corridor for
                    assessment.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-043
      May 2012

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