U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Brownfields 2016 Grant Fact Sheet
West Virginia Department of Environmental
Protection
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
$660,000 for hazardous substances
$160,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection for a brownfields revolving
loan fund grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund from which the West Virginia
Department of Environmental Protection will provide loans and subgrants to support cleanup activities
for sites contaminated with hazardous substances and petroleum. Grant funds also will be used to
market the fund and conduct community outreach activities. The grant will focus on communities in
the Ohio Valley.
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 3 Brownfields Team
215-814-3129
EPA Region 3 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land-
revitalization-delaware-maryland-pennsylvania-virginia-west
Grant Recipient: West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
304-926-0499, ext. 1275
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-16-152
Environmental Emergency May 2016
Protection Agency Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460
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