U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Brownfields 2016 Grant Fact Sheet
Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Las
Animas, CO
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.
Cleanup Grants
$206,400 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Colorado Department of Local Affairs for two brownfields cleanup grants.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to clean up Fort Lyon Buildings 7 and 508 at 30999
County Road 15 in Las Animas. The Fort Lyon site was formerly used as a U.S. Army Post, hospital,
and veterans residential care facility, and is now a supportive residential community. Buildings 7 and
508 were formerly used for housing and are contaminated with inorganic contaminants. Hazardous
substances grant funds also will be used to clean up Buildings 503, 504, and 507 (Officers' Row) at
the same address. Buildings 503, 504, and 507 were formerly used for housing and are contaminated
with inorganic contaminants. Grant funds at both sites also will be used to conduct community
involvement 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 8 Brownfields Team
303-312-6596
EPA Region 8 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land-
revitalization-region-8
Grant Recipient: Colorado Department of Local Affairs
719-456-2223
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-16-047
Environmental Emergency May 2016
Protection Agency Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460
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