Brownfields 2014 Cleanup Grant Fact  Sheet
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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.
                     Cleanup Grant

                     $200,000 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected Earth Conservancy for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the Warrior
                     Run site, 13.3 acres of mine-scarred land adjacent
                     to a residential area off Slope Street in Luzerne
                     County. The Blue Coal Corporation used the
                     property as a repository for mining waste until it
                     declared bankruptcy in the mid 1970s. Runoff
                     from the waste rock and low-grade coal is
                     contributing abandoned mine drainage to the
                     watershed. Grant funds will be used to move and
                     recontour materials to the appropriate grade for
                     residential redevelopment. Grant funds also will
                     be used to conduct 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 3 Brownfields Team
                                                      215-814-3246
                                                      EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
                                                      (http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf -lr/)

                                                      Grant Recipient: Earth Conservancy,PA
                                                      (570)823-3445

                                                      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-14-063
      May 2014

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