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

South  Central  Planning & Development

Commission, South-Central  Louisiana


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 South  Central Planning & Development Commission for two brownfields
assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds will be used to
conduct 10 Phase I and two Phase II environmental site assessments per year. Grant funds also  will
be used to inventory sites in six communities and conduct 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 6 Brownfields Team
214-665-8358
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/epa-region-6-south-central-
brownfields

Grant Recipient:  South Central Planning & Development Commission, LA
985-851-2900

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-16-132
Environmental                        Emergency                               May 2016
Protection Agency                     Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460

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