J*"""** I w 1 Brownfields 2017 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet Green Era Educational NFP, Chicago, IL 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 $600,000for hazardous substances EPA has selected the Green Era Educational NFP for three brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to clean up three sites that comprise the approximately nine-acre parcel of vacant land for the Anaerobic Digester/Renewable Energy Biogas facility at 650 West 83rd Street in Chicago. The areas of the three sites are 3.7 acres, 1.2 acres, and 4.1 acres. They have been vacant since 1988 and were formerly used for storage of industrial, lumber, and paint products, and as an impounded automotive storage yard. Soils are contaminated with volatile organic compounds, metals, and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, and groundwater is contaminated with metals. 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 5 Brownfields Team (312)886-9493 EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site (https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie lds-and-land-revitalization-illinois-ind iana-michigan-minnesota-ohio-and) Grant Recipient: Green Era Educational NFP, IL (312)544-9218 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-17-060 Protection Agency Re™S (51<»T) M»»2017 Washington, DC 20450 Kesponse (Si us ) ------- |