^   Brownfields 2012  Assessment Grant  Fact Sheet
              Columbus, MS
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 Columbus, MS
662-245-5068

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 Columbus for two
                    brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
                    hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                    conduct 15 Phase I and five Phase II
                    environmental site assessments. Community-wide
                    petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct 16
                    Phase I and six Phase II environmental site
                    assessments. Grant funds also will be used to
                    conduct area-wide planning, cleanup planning,
                    and community outreach activities. The city will
                    focus environmental site assessments on three
                    industrial areas that contain numerous brownfields:
                    Yorkville Park, the Warehouse District, and "The
                    Island."
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-077
      May 2012

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