U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Brownfields 2016 Grant Fact Sheet Cook Inlet Housing Authority, Anchorage, AK 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. Cleanup Grant $200,000 for petroleum EPA has selected the Cook Inlet Housing Authority for a brownfields cleanup grant. Petroleum grant funds will be used to clean up the Tesoro-Olson Site/Alpina Auto Repair Shop site at 3607 and 3609 Spenard Road in Anchorage. The site has been used as a gas station since 1964 and as an auto repair facility, car wash and detail shop, wood lot, and rental car business since the mid-1990s. It is contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. 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 10 Brownfields Team 206-553-7299 EPA Region 10 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land- revitalization-washington-idaho-oregon-and-alaska Grant Recipient: Cook Inlet Housing Authority, AK 907-793-3086 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-16-049 Environmental Emergency May 2016 Protection Agency Management (5105T) Washington, D.C. 20460 ------- |