U.S.
Brownfields 2016  Grant  Fact Sheet

Yazoo  City,  MS


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 Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$125,000 for petroleum
EPA has  selected the City of Yazoo City for two brownfields assessment grants.  Community-wide
hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct 14 Phase I and 11 Phase II environmental
site assessments, and prepare nine cleanup plans. Community-wide  petroleum  grant funds will be
used to conduct six Phase I and five Phase II environmental site assessments, and prepare four
cleanup plans. Grant funds of both types also will be used to complete a brownfields inventory and
support 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/brownfieldsy

EPA Region 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8923
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land-
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Grant Recipient:  City of Yazoo City, MS
662-746-1401

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                          Office of Land and                    EPA 560-F-16-157
Environmental                          Emergency                                 May 2016
Protection Agency                       Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460

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