| ^ \ Brownfields 2015 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet Kansas City, MO PRQ1^ 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 Grant $350,000for hazardous substances $150,000for petroleum EPA has selected the City of Kansas City for a brownfields assessment coalition grant. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct up to seven Phase I and six Phase II environmental site assessments, and up to five area-wide Phase I environmental site assessments in target neighborhoods. Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct five Phase I and three Phase II environmental site assessments, and one area-wide Phase I environmental site assessment in a commercial corridor. Grant funds of both types also will be used to produce an inventory of an estimated 18,000 vacant properties and conduct community outreach. Coalition partners are Jackson County and the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City. This grant will focus on brownfields in Kansas City and throughout Jackson County. 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/brownfields). EPA Region 7 Brownfields Team (800) 223-0425 EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site (https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie lds-and-land-revitalization-iowa-kansas- missouri-nebraska-and-nine-tribal) Grant Recipient: City of Kansas City, MO (816)513-3002 Hie 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 _ . w__tp Environmental EPA-560-F-15-100 Protection Agency Re™S (51<»T) M»»2015 Washington, DC 20450 Kesponse (Si us ) ------- |