\   Brownfields 2014 Revolving Loan Fund Grant
              Fact  Sheet
              Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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.
                    Revolving Loan Fund Grant

                    $750,000 for hazardous substances
                    $250,000 for petroleum

                    EPA has selected the Wisconsin Department of
                    Natural Resources for a brownfields revolving
                    loan fund grant. The grant will be used to
                    capitalize a revolving loan fund from which the
                    Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will
                    provide loans and subgrants to support cleanup
                    activities for sites contaminated with hazardous
                    substances and petroleum. Grant funds also will be
                    used for marketing. The focus of this grant will be
                    on small rural communities and central city
                    neighborhoods in larger urban cities.
                                                     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 5 Brownfields Team
                                                     312-886-7257
                                                     EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                                                     (http://www.epa.gov/region5brow nfields/)

                                                     Grant Recipient: Wisconsin Department of
                                                     Natural Resources
                                                     (608)267-6713

                                                     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-14-196
      May 2014

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