U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Brownfields 2016 Grant Fact Sheet
Hancock County Planning Commission, ME
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 Hancock County Planning Commission for two brownfields assessment grants.
Community-wide hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct 12 Phase I
and seven Phase II environmental site assessments, and prepare four cleanup plans. Grant funds also
will be used to expand a brownfields inventory, develop Geographic Information System-based maps,
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.aov/brownfields').
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land-
revitalization-connecticut-maine-massachusetts-new-hampshire-rhode#pane-l
Grant Recipient: Hancock County Planning Commission, ME
207-667-7131
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
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Office of Land and
Emergency
Management (5105T)
EPA 560-F-16-068
May 2016

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