Brownfields 2013 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Morgan County School Board, WV
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.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Morgan County School
Board for a brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to clean up the
former Seely Furniture site located at 5595 Valley
Road in Berkeley Springs. The site was used as an
automobile repair, salvage and crushing facility,
an automobile sales business, and a wood furniture
finishing facility from 1963 to the early 1990s,
when a fire destroyed most of the structure. The
site was vacant until 2008, when a soccer field
and gravel parking area were constructed and used
until 2010. The site is contaminated with arsenic,
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and other
hazardous materials. 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 3 Brownfields Team
215-814-3246
EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf -lr/)
Grant Recipient: Morgan County School
Board,WV
304-258-1476
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-13-182
May 2013
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