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              Brownfields  2014  Revolving  Loan  Fund  Grant
              Fact Sheet
              Greater Bridgeport Regional Council, Bridgeport and Stratford,
              CT
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.
                                                Revolving Loan  Fund Grant

                                                $700,000 for hazardous substances
                                                $200,000 for petroleum
                                                EPA has selected the Greater Bridgeport Regional
                                                Council for a brownfields revolving loan fund
                                                grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a
                                                revolving loan fund from which the Greater
                                                Bridgeport Regional Council  will provide loans
                                                and subgrants to support cleanup activities for
                                                sites contaminated with hazardous substances and
                                                petroleum. Grant funds also will be used to
                                                support cleanup planning and 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 1 Brownfields Team
                                                    617-918-1278
                                                    EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
                                                    (http://www.epa.gov/regionl/bro wnfields)

                                                    Grant Recipient: Greater Bridgeport Regional
                                                    Council,CT
                                                    203-366-5405

                                                    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-14-075
      May 2014

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