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Brownfields 2014 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
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 St. Marks for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the eastern
parcel of the former St. Marks Refinery located at
627 Port Leon Drive. This eight-acre parcel is part
of a larger 5 5-acre site that was used to
manufacture specialty chemicals and process
crude oil for jet fuel and asphalt from 1954 until
2001. Environmental contaminants include
dioxins, metals, volatile organic compounds, and
semi-volatile organic compounds. 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 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8923
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region4/rcr
a/bflr/brownfields.html)
Grant Recipient: City of St. Marks,FL
850-925-6224
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-14-173
May 2014
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