Brownfields 2012 Revolving Loan Fund Grant
Fact Sheet
Salt Lake County, UT
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 8 Brownfields Team
(303)312-6706
EPA Region 8 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region8/brownfields/)
Grant Recipient: Salt Lake County, UT
(801)468-2280
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.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$500,000 for hazardous substances
$500,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected Salt Lake County for a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund
from which Salt Lake County will provide loans
and subgrants to support cleanup activities at sites
contaminated with hazardous substances and
petroleum. The county will focus on critical sites
that are linked to each other by one or more modes
of public transit.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-133
May 2012
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