Brownfields 2012 Multi-Purpose  Grant Fact
               Sheet
               Per/y, /A
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 7 Brownfields Team
913-551-7357
EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region07/cleanup/brownfields/in
dex.htm)

Grant Recipient: City of Perry, IA
515-465-4825

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.
                     Multi-Purpose Pilot Grant

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

                     EPA has selected the City of Perry for a
                     brownfields multi-purpose pilot grant. Hazardous
                     substances grant funds will be used to assess and
                     clean up the Former Chicago Milwaukee and St.
                     Paul Rail Yard site located in Spring Valley
                     Township. This 101-acre site is an abandoned
                     railroad property. It is contaminated with PCBs,
                     herbicides, heavy metals, and inorganic
                     contaminants. Assessment grant funds will be used
                     to conduct a Phase II environmental site
                     assessment, develop cleanup plans, and engage the
                     community and other stakeholders about the
                     project. Cleanup grant  funds will be used to
                     manage the overall planning and  coordination of
                     the project, clean up the site, and prepare a project
                     completion report, which will summarize the
                     cleanup activities performed at the site. The site is
                     expected to be redeveloped as a park and trailhead
                     and possibly as a site for renewable energy
                     generation.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-163
      May 2012

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