Brownfields 2012  Cleanup Grant  Fact Sheet
              Vinton Baptist Church,  Vinton, OH
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 5 Brownfields Team
312-886-4747
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/)

Grant Recipient: Vinton Baptist Church, OH
740-794-1027

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 Vinton Baptist Church for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the Field of
                     Hope Community Campus located at 11821 State
                     Route 160 in Vinton. The site operated as a school
                     from 1965 to 1995, and has been abandoned since.
                     It is contaminated with inorganic contaminants
                     co-mingled with petroleum. Grant funds also will
                     be used to support community outreach activities.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-115
      May 2012

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