Brownfields 2014  Revolving  Loan Fund Grant
              Fact Sheet
              Janesville, Wl
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

                     $525,000 for hazardous substances
                     $175,000 for petroleum
                     EPA has selected the City of Janesville for a
                     brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
                     will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund
                     from which the City of Janesville will provide
                     loans and subgrants to support cleanup activities
                     for sites contaminated with hazardous substances
                     and petroleum. Grant funds also will be used to
                     market the revolving loan fund and conduct
                     cleanup planning and oversight 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: City of Janesville,WI
                     608-755-3180

                     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-14-089
      May 2014

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