Brownfields 2014 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
              Llnn County>  OR
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 Grant

                    $150,000 for hazardous substances
                    $200,000 for petroleum

                    EPA has selected Linn County for a brownfields
                    assessment grant. Site-specific hazardous
                    substances and petroleum grant funds will be used
                    to conduct an environmental site assessment of the
                    former Wood Products Manufacturing and
                    Aggregate Mining Site at 2210 Tamarack Street in
                    Sweet Home. The site has been used for wood
                    products manufacturing since 1934, including the
                    operation of a plywood mill and sawmill. The site
                    is currently operated by a small pallet-making
                    business. Grant funds also will be used to conduct
                    cleanup planning and support community
                    engagement 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 10 Brownfields Team
                                                     206-553-2580
                                                     EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site
                                                     (http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CL
                                                     EANUP.NSF/sites/bf)

                                                     Grant Recipient: Linn County,OR
                                                     541-967-3821

                                                     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-14-101
      May 2014

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