^   Brownfields 2012  Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
              Vernonia,  OR
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 10 Brownfields Team
(206)553-7299
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/sites/bf)

Grant Recipient: City of Vernonia, OR
503-429-5291

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

                     $100,000 for hazardous substances
                     $100,000 for petroleum

                     EPA has selected the City of Vernonia for two
                     brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
                     hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                     inventory brownfield sites throughout the city and
                     conduct up to three Phase I and four Phase II
                     environmental site assessments. Petroleum grant
                     funds will be used to inventory brownfield sites
                     throughout the city and conduct up to three Phase I
                     and two Phase II environmental site assessments.
                     Grant funds also will be used to conduct
                     community outreach activities and develop
                     cleanup plans.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-146
      May 2012

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