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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 Southwest Region Planning
                    Commission for two brownfields assessment
                    grants. Community-wide hazardous substances
                    grant funds will be used to conduct three Phase I
                    and up to four Phase II environmental site
                    assessments. Grant funds also will be used to
                    update up to two existing Phase I environmental
                    site assessments and support cleanup planning and
                    community outreach activities. Petroleum grant
                    funds will be used to conduct the same tasks at
                    sites with potential petroleum contamination.
                                                    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: Southwest Region Planning
                                                    Commission,NH
                                                    603-357-0557

                                                    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-14-170
      May 2014

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