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   4^7 ]   Brownfields  2014  Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
         *   Thomas, WV
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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 Thomas for a
                                                  brownfields assessment grant. Community-wide
                                                  hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                                                  conduct up to seven Phase I and up to four Phase
                                                  II environmental site assessments. Grant funds
                                                  also will be used to prepare up to five cleanup
                                                  plans and conduct community outreach 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 3 Brownfields Team
                                                  215-814-3246
                                                  EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
                                                  (http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf -lr/)

                                                  Grant Recipient: City of Thomas,WV
                                                  717-503-6332

                                                  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-14-180
      May 2014

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