U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Brownfields 2016 Grant Fact Sheet
River Hills Economic Development District
and Regional Planning Commission, Southern
Indiana
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 Grant
$375,000 for hazardous substances
$175,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected River Hills Economic Development District and Regional Planning Commission for a
brownfields assessment coalition grant. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be
used to conduct 15 Phase I and 11 Phase II environmental site assessments. Community-wide
petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct seven Phase I and five Phase II environmental site
assessments. Grant funds of both types also will be used to inventory sites, and support cleanup
planning and community outreach activities. Coalition partners are the south-central Indiana counties
of Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, and Washington.
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 5 Brownfields Team
312-353-2112
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land-
revitalization-illinois-indiana-michigan-minnesota-ohio-and
Grant Recipient: River Hills Economic Development District and Regional Planning Commission, IN
812-288-4624
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-16-123
Environmental Emergency May 2016
Protection Agency Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460
------- |