Brownfields 2013 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Ottumwa, IA
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 City of Ottumwa for two
brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
conduct an undetermined number of Phase I and
Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant
funds also will be used to develop cleanup plans
for three or four sites, and support community
involvement activities. Community-wide
petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct the
same tasks at sites with potential petroleum
contamination. The city intends to focus its efforts
on sites located within the Main Street Corridor,
and Railroad and Hayne Street Redevelopment
Area.
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 7 Brownfields Team
913-551-7357
EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region07/cl
eanup/brownfields/index.htm)
Grant Recipient: City of Ottumwa,IA
(641) 683-0606
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-13-155
May 2013
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