A \ Brownfields 2017 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
1	* Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minneapolis and St Paul Metropolitan
Area, MN
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 Grants
$200,000for hazardous substances
$100,000for petroleum
EPA has selected the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for two
brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to conduct up to seven Phase I and four Phase II
environmental site assessments, and prepare four cleanup plans.
Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct up to
five Phase I and two Phase II environmental site assessments, and
prepare two cleanup plans. Grant funds of both types also will be used to
support community outreach activities. Assessment activities will focus
on the Minneapolis and Saint Paul Metropolitan Area.
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: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, MN
(651)757-2509
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.
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