Brownfields  2012 Multi-Purpose Grant Fact
               Sheet
               Texarkana,  TX
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 6 Brownfields Team
(214)665-3172
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf/brownfields/index.html
                     Multi-Purpose Pilot Grant

                     $400,000 for hazardous substances
                     ($200,000 for assessment; $200,000 for
                     cleanup)

                     EPA has selected the City of Texarkana for a
                     brownfields multi-purpose pilot grant. Hazardous
                     substances grant funds will be used to assess and
                     clean up the site located at 203/205 W. Broad
                     Street. Past uses of the site primarily include
                     various shops and storage space. The site  is
                     contaminated with both inorganic and organic
                     materials, as well as heavy metals. Assessment
                     grant funds will be used to conduct a Phase II
                     environmental site assessment and develop a
                     cleanup plan. Cleanup grant funds will be used to
                     remove contaminated materials from the site's
                     buildings and clean up soil. Both types of funding
                     will be used to conduct community involvement
                     activities. The project is expected to preserve the
                     facade and all salvageable interior features of an
                     historic 1885 site for commercial redevelopment.
Grant Recipient: City of Texarkana, Texas
(903) 798-3902

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-12-162
      May 2012

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