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   4^7)   Brownfields 2014 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
         *   Rock Falls, IL
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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 Grant

                                                   $200,000 for hazardous substances

                                                   EPA has selected the City of Rock Falls for a
                                                   brownfields assessment grant. Site-specific
                                                   hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                                                   conduct a Phase II environmental site assessment
                                                   of the Limestone Building  site at 200 West 1st
                                                   Street. The site was formerly used for
                                                   farm-implement manufacturing and tire storage,
                                                   and is currently vacant. Grant funds also will be
                                                   used to conduct public health monitoring, prepare
                                                   a cleanup plan, and support community
                                                   engagement 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: City of Rock Falls,IL
                                                     815-564-1366

                                                     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-14-151
      May 2014

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