Brownfields  2012 Assessment  Grant Fact  Sheet
               Talladega, AL
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: City of Talladega, AL
256-362-8186

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 City of Talladega for two
                     brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
                     hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                     conduct up to four Phase I and six Phase II
                     environmental site assessments. Petroleum grant
                     funds will be used to conduct up to two Phase I
                     and four Phase II environmental site assessments.
                     Funds from both grants will be used to inventory
                     and characterize sites, conduct cleanup planning,
                     and support community outreach activities. The
                     city intends to focus the assessments on sites
                     within the Battle Street Corridor.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-069
      May 2012

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