)   Brownfields 2012 Cleanup Grant Fact  Sheet
   ~         Duluth Economic Development Authority, MN
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: Duluth Economic Development
Authority, MN
(218) 730-5324

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 Duluth Economic
                    Development Authority for a brownfields cleanup
                    grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
                    used to clean up the Bayfront Lot D site, which is
                    located in the 900-1000 block of Railroad Street.
                    The site lies on filled-in swampland that housed
                    freight depots, warehouses, and manufacturing
                    businesses, but has been abandoned since 1986. It
                    is contaminated with polynuclear aromatic
                    hydrocarbons and heavy metals co-mingled with
                    petroleum waste. Grant funds also will be used to
                    conduct community involvement activities.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-105
      May 2012

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