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   4^7 ]   Brownfields 2014 Assessment Grant  Fact Sheet
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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 Town of Westerly for a
                                                   brownfields assessment grant. Community-wide
                                                   hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                                                   perform 10 Phase I and five Phase II
                                                   environmental site assessments. Grant funds also
                                                   will be used to conduct community involvement
                                                   activities, including development of a community
                                                   relations plan to build capacity of the local
                                                   community and involve it in the identification and
                                                   prioritization of potential brownfield sites.
                                                     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 1 Brownfields Team
                                                     617-918-1278
                                                     EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
                                                     (http://www.epa.gov/regionl/bro wnfields)

                                                     Grant Recipient: Town of Westerly,RI
                                                     401-348-2617

                                                     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-14-193
      May 2014

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