Q \ Brownfields 2005 Assessment and Revolving
Loan Fund Grant Fact Sheet
Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, FL

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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into
law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields 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.
Community Description
he Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council was
selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant and a
revolving loan fund grant. The Treasure Coast Region
(total population 1,679,011) encompasses the Indian
River, Martin, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie Counties of
Florida. Most of the region's approximately 1,300
potentially contaminated sites are in low-income areas
with high rates of unemployment and poverty. In some of
the more acute areas, the poverty rates exceed 35 percent,
and per capita income is less than $10,000. The Council
will work with the communities where the need is most
acute and the local government resources are limited.
Assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites will help
protect the health of community residents, and spur
redevelopment and revitalization in the area.
Redevelopment is expected to bring jobs and private
sector investment back to the brownfields neighborhoods.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Treasure Coast Regional
Planning Council for a brownfields assessment
grant. Grant funds will be used to conduct
community involvement activities, perform
approximately six Phase I and II site assessments,
and develop cleanup plans for sites in targeted
redevelopment areas of the four-county Treasure
Coast Region.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$1,100,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Treasure Coast Regional
Planning Council for a brownfields revolving loan
fund grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a
revolving loan fund from which the Treasure
Coast Regional Planning Council will provide
loans and subgrants to support cleanup activities
for sites contaminated with petroleum in targeted
redevelopment areas of the four-county Treasure
Coast Region.
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 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8792
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region4/was te/bf)
Grant Recipient: Treasure Coast Regional
Planning Council, FL
Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council
(772) 221-4060
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-083
May 2005

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Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council
(772) 221-4060
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, DC 20450
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
Solid Waste
EPA 560-F-05-083
May 2005

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