Brownfields  2013  Revolving  Loan  Fund  Grant
              Fact Sheet
              Greater Portland Council of Governments,  Cumberland County,
              ME
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.
                    Revolving Loan Fund Grant

                    $800,000 for hazardous substances

                    EPA has selected the Greater Portland Council of
                    Governments (GPCOG) for a brownfields
                    revolving loan fund grant. The grant will be used
                    to capitalize a revolving loan fund from which the
                    GPCOG will provide loans and subgrants to
                    support cleanup activities for sites contaminated
                    with hazardous substances. Grant funds also will
                    be used for marketing and enrollment activities.
                    The GPCOG anticipates granting four to six
                    awards, split evenly between loans and grants. It is
                    focusing on the Portland Harbor and Mountain
                    Division Rail Corridor areas.
                                                    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 1 Brownfields Team
                                                    617-918-1429
                                                    EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
                                                    (http://www.epa.gov/region01/br ownfields/)

                                                    Grant Recipient: Greater Portland Council of
                                                    Governments,ME
                                                    (207) 774-9891

                                                    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-13-058
      May 2013

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