i Brownfields 2017 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet / Yreka, CA 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 $300,000for hazardous substances $300,000for petroleum EPA has selected the City of Yreka for a brownfields assessment coalition grant. Community-wide hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct 15 Phase I and eight Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to develop eight cleanup plans, inventory sites, and support community involvement and area-wide planning activities. Assessment activities will focus on underutilized and abandoned properties in the Cities of Yreka and Weed, and Siskiyou County. Coalition partners are the City of Weed and Siskiyou 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 9 Brownfields Team (415) 972-3846 EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site (https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie lds-and-land-revitalization-california-a rizona-nevada-and-hawaii) Grant Recipient: City of Yreka, CA (530) 841-2386 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-17-172 Protection Agency Re™S (51<»T) M»»2017 Washington, DC 20450 Kesponse (Si us ) ------- |