Brownfields 2013 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission, 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. Assessment Grants $200,000 for hazardous substances $200,000 for petroleum EPA has selected the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission for two brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances funds will be used to conduct five Phase I and three Phase II environmental site assessments. Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct seven Phase I and five Phase II environmental site assessments. Grants funds also will be used to develop a prioritized list of sites, conduct reuse planning, and community involvement activities. 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: Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission,ME 207-882-5188 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-13-070 May 2013 ------- |