I ^ \ W Hardesty Renaissance Economic Development Corporation, Kansas City, MO Brownfields 2016 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet 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 Grant $200,000for hazardous substances EPA has selected the Hardesty Renaissance Economic Development Corporation for a brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to clean up Building 10 of the Hardesty Federal Complex on 605 Hardesty Avenue in Kansas City. The building was used as a United States Army Quartermaster Corps storage depot in the late 1940s and provided a variety of support functions for various federal agencies until it was closed in 2002. It has been vacant since then and is contaminated with metals and inorganic substances. Grant funds also will be used to support 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.gov/brownfields). EPA Region 7 Brownfields Team (913)551-7786 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: Hardesty Renaissance Economic Development Corporation, MO (816)216-5308 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 _ . w__tp Environmental EPA-560-F-16-069 Protection Agency Re™S (51<»T) M»»2016 Washington, DC 20450 Kesponse (Si us ) ------- |