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Brownfields 2014 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana
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 Grant
$400,000 for hazardous substances
$180,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Economic Development
Coalition of Southwest Indiana for a brownfields
assessment coalition grant. Community-wide
hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
conduct 13 Phase I and 10 Phase II environmental
site assessments. Petroleum grant funds will be
used to conduct seven Phase I and four Phase II
environmental site assessments. Both types of
grant funds will be used to inventory and prioritize
sites, conduct community involvement activities,
and develop cleanup plans. Coalition partners are
Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, and Warrick
Counties in southwestern Indiana.
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 5 Brownfields Team
312-886-7257
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region5brow nfields/)
Grant Recipient: Economic Development
Coalition of Southwest Indiana
812-423-2020
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-14-066
May 2014
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