Brownfields 2014 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Pine Bluff, AR
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 City of Pine Bluff for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the Downtown
601 Main site at 601 South Main Street. This .315
acre site was used as a gasoline service station in
downtown Pine Bluff. In 2010, all structures on
the site were demolished and an unregistered
waste oil tank was removed; however, former
service islands attached to underground piping and
severely cracked concrete surfacing remain.
Contamination at the site includes arsenic, barium,
chromium, selenium, and other metals. 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 6 Brownfields Team
(214)665-3172
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf
/brownfields/index.html)
Grant Recipient: City of Pine Bluff,AR
870-543-1820 ext 227
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-14-140
May 2014
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