^      -.    Brownfields 2014 Revolving Loan Fund Grant
 (S§2*   Fact Sheet
              Mo-Kan Regional Council, Northwest Missouri and Northeast
              Kansas
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

                    $573,100 for hazardous substances
                    $426,900 for petroleum

                    EPA has selected the Mo-Kan Regional Council
                    for a brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The
                    grant will be used to capitalize a revolving loan
                    fund from which the Mo-Kan Regional Council
                    will provide loans and subgrants to support
                    cleanup activities for sites contaminated with
                    hazardous substances and petroleum. Grant funds
                    also will be used for community engagement and
                    cleanup planning 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 7 Brownfields Team
                    913-551-7380
                    EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
                    (http://www.epa.gov/region07/cl
                    eanup/brownfields/index.htm)

                    Grant Recipient: Mo-Kan Regional Council,MO
                    816-233-3144

                    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-14-111
      May 2014

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