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   4^7 ]   Brownfields 2014 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
         *   Kankakee, IL
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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

                                                  $200,000 for hazardous substances
                                                  $200,000 for petroleum

                                                  EPA has selected the City of Kankakee for two
                                                  brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
                                                  hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds
                                                  will be used to conduct an inventory of brownfield
                                                  sites; perform 25 Phase I, 10 Phase II, and six
                                                  supplemental Phase II environmental site
                                                  assessments; and prepare four cleanup plans.
                                                  Grant funds also will be used to support
                                                  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: City of Kankakee,IL
                                                   815-963-7320

                                                   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-14-092
      May 2014

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