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

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