Brownfields 2014 Assessment 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.
Assessment Grants
$550,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Oroville for three
brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
inventory and prioritize sites, conduct five Phase I
and two Phase II environmental site assessments,
and support community outreach activities.
Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be
used to conduct the same tasks at sites with
potential petroleum contamination. Site-specific
hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
conduct a Phase II environmental site assessment
at the former Las Plumas Lumber Facility located
at 1245 Oro Dam Boulevard. Beginning in the
1920s, the site operated as a wood processing and
treatment facility and has been abandoned since
1999. Site-specific hazardous substances grant
funds also will be used for cleanup planning and
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 9 Brownfields Team
(213)244-1821
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro wnfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Oroville,CA
530-538-2401
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-14-133
May 2014
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