Brownfields 2013 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Upper Cumberland Development District, TN
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 Upper Cumberland
Development District for two brownfields
assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to conduct
approximately 10 Phase I and six Phase II
environmental site assessments. The hazardous
substances grant includes additional funding for
12 identified methamphetamine sites, and one
additional potential site. Petroleum grant funds
will be used to conduct 10 Phase I and eight Phase
II environmental site assessments. Grant funds
also will be used to conduct community outreach
activities, maintain the area's inventory of
brownfield sites, and develop cleanup plans.
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 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8789
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region4/rcr
a/bflr/brownfields.html)
Grant Recipient: Upper Cumberland Development
District,™
(931)432-4111
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-13-101
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