U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Brownfields 2016 Grant  Fact Sheet

Windham  Regional Commission,  Southeastern

Vermont


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
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Windham Regional Commission for two brownfields assessment grants.
Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct four Phase I and four
Phase II environmental site assessments, and prepare up to four cleanup plans. Community-wide
petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct three Phase I and four Phase II environmental site
assessments, and prepare up to three cleanup plans. Grant funds of both types also will be used to
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 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land-
revitalization-connecticut-maine-massachusetts-new-hampshire-rhode#pane-l

Grant Recipient: Windham Regional Commission, VT
802-257-4547

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-16-155
Environmental                        Emergency                               May 2016
Protection Agency                     Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460

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