•   Brownfields 2014  Assessment Grant  Fact Sheet
              New York, NY
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 New York for two
                    brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
                    hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                    conduct 11 Phase I and three Phase II
                    environmental site assessments. Community-wide
                    petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct nine
                    Phase I and three Phase II environmental site
                    assessments. Grant funds also will be used to
                    support community outreach activities. The target
                    area for these assessments includes economically
                    disadvantaged South Bronx, Harlem, and East
                    New York neighborhoods, as well as communities
                    that were badly impacted by Hurricane Sandy in
                    2012.
                                                     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 2 Brownfields Team
                                                     (212) 637-3260
                                                     EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site
                                                     (http://www.epa.gov/region2/bro wnfields)

                                                     Grant Recipient: City of New York
                                                     212-676-0386

                                                     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-14-119
      May 2014

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