Brownfields 2014 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
              Big Sky Economic Development Authority, Billings, MT
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 Big Sky Economic
                    Development Authority for two brownfields
                    assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous
                    substances will be used to conduct 10 Phase I and
                    four Phase II environmental site assessments.
                    Grant funds also will be used to support cleanup
                    planning and community education activities.
                    Petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct the
                    same tasks at sites with potential petroleum
                    contamination. The focus of these grants will be
                    on the City of Billings.
                                                     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 ://www2 .epa.gov/region8/br
                                                     ownfields-region-8 )

                                                     Grant Recipient: Big  Sky Economic Development
                                                     Authority,MT
                                                     406-869-8409

                                                     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-14-041
      May 2014

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