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              Brownfields  2014 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
              Grand Rapids Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, Ml
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 Grand Rapids Brownfield
                    Redevelopment Authority for two brownfields
                    assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous
                    substances and petroleum grant funds will be used
                    to conduct eight Phase I and eight Phase II
                    environmental site assessments. Grant funds also
                    will be used to develop cleanup plans and conduct
                    community outreach 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 5 Brownfields Team
                    312-886-7257
                    EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                    (http://www.epa.gov/region5brow nfields/)

                    Grant Recipient: Grand Rapids Brownfield
                    Redevelopment Authority,MI
                    616-456-3462

                    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-14-073
      May 2014

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