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Fact Sheet
Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, 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
$1,000,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Redevelopment Authority of
the City of Milwaukee (RACM) for a brownfields
revolving loan fund grant. The grant will be used
to capitalize a revolving loan fund from which
RACM will provide loans and subgrants to
support cleanup activities for sites contaminated
with hazardous substances. Cleanup activities will
focus on four projects in RACM's pipeline. Grant
funds also will be used to conduct community
involvement 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: Redevelopment Authority of the
CityofMilwaukee,WI
414-286-8268
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-14-109
May 2014
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