Brownfields 2012 Cleanup  Grant Fact Sheet
              Business Development Corporation of the Northern Panhandle,
              Chester,  WV
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 3 Brownfields Team
215-814-3246
EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf-lr/)

Grant Recipient: Business Development Corporation of
the Northern Panhandle, WV
304-748-5041

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 Grant

                    $200,000 for hazardous substances

                    EPA has selected the Business Development
                    Corporation of the Northern Panhandle for a
                    brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                    grant funds will be used to clean up the former
                    Taylor, Smith, and Taylor Pottery site located at
                    8th and Plutus Streets near downtown Chester.
                    The site was used as a ceramic pottery
                    manufacturing facility from 1900 until operations
                    ceased in 1982. The facility is contaminated with
                    metals and inorganic contaminants. Grant funds
                    also will be used for reuse planning and
                    community outreach activities.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-066
      May 2012

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