Brownfields  2014 Cleanup  Grant Fact Sheet
               Visalia,  CA
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 Grants

                     $400,000 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected the City of Visalia for two
                     brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the 1.2-acre
                     East Parcel and .5-acre West Parcel of 522
                     Riverway Drive. The cleanup sites are part of a
                     larger property that operated as an automobile
                     wrecking yard from the 1950s to the 1990s and is
                     now vacant. They are both contaminated with
                     heavy metals. Grant funds also will be used to
                     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 9 Brownfields Team
                                                      (213)244-1821
                                                      EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
                                                      (http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro wnfields)

                                                      Grant Recipient:  City of Visalia,CA
                                                      559.713.4530

                                                      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-14-188
      May 2014

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