U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Brownfields 2016 Grant Fact Sheet Pulaski County, AR 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. Revolving Loan Fund Grant $620,000 for hazardous substances $200,000 for petroleum EPA has selected Pulaski County for a brownfields revolving loan fund coalition grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund from which Pulaski County will provide three loans and one subgrant to support cleanup activities for sites contaminated with hazardous substances and petroleum. Grant funds also will be used to oversee cleanups and conduct community engagement activities. Coalition partners are the Cities of Little Rock and North Little Rock. RLF activities will focus on priority areas in the Pulaski County Empowerment Zone. 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 6 Brownfields Team 214-665-8358 EPA Region 6 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/epa-region-6-south-central- brownfields Grant Recipient: Pulaski County, AR 501-340-6157 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-16-116 Environmental Emergency May 2016 Protection Agency Management (5105T) Washington, D.C. 20460 ------- |