Brownfields  2015 Assessment Grant  Fact  Sheet
              Rushville, IN
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

                $164,000 for petroleum

                EPA has selected the City of Rushville for two brownfields assessment
                grants. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used
                to conduct eight Phase I and five Phase II environmental site
                assessments, and prepare three cleanup plans. Community-wide
                petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct six Phase I and four Phase
                II environmental site assessments, and prepare three cleanup plans. Grant
                funds of both types also will be used to update an inventory  of
                brownfield sites throughout the city, prioritize sites for assessment, 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/brownfields).

                EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
                (312)353-8827
                EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                (http://www.epa.gov/region5brownfields/)

                Grant Recipient: City of Rushville, IN
                (765) 938-3232

                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-15-160
        May 2015

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