Brownfields 2012 Assessment Grant  Fact Sheet
   ™         Cooleemee, NC
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 4 Brownfields Team
(404)562-8789
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gOv/region4/rcra/bflr/brownfields.h tml)

Grant Recipient: Town of Cooleemee, NC
336-284-2141

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 Grant

                    $200,000 for hazardous substances

                    EPA has selected the Town of Cooleemee for a
                    brownfields assessment grant. Site-specific
                    hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                    conduct Phase I and Phase II  environmental site
                    assessments on the Cooleemee Cotton Mill/Stokes
                    County Yarn Company site. The site operated as a
                    textile mill from 1901 to 1969, and was later used
                    for small industrial operations and warehouse
                    space. Grant funds also will be used for cleanup
                    planning and community outreach activities.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-080
      May 2012

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