I JBt | Brownfields 2003 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
%	Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, Southeast, 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
The Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council was
selected to receive an assessment grant. The council is the
economic development district for Indian River, Martin,
Palm Beach, and St. Lucie Counties in Florida. The
council anticipates that the petroleum-contaminated sites
the local governments propose for assessment will be in
previously designated redevelopment areas, which often
are associated with Enterprise Zones and other
poverty-stricken neighborhoods in need of revitalization
and investment. An estimated 1,300 potentially
contaminated sites, including petroleum sites, are in the
Treasure Coast Region. The assessment grant will help
establish collaboration among the local communities and
citizens, and catalyze a long-term brownfields cleanup
and redevelopment program for areas of southeast Florida
in need of reinvestment.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Treasure Coast Regional
Planning Council for a brownfields assessment
grant. The council plans to use most of the grant
funds to solicit local government and community
support to identify eligible
petroleum-contaminated brownfield sites for
assessment, perform environmental assessments
on selected sites, and complete pre-cleanup
planning. Grant funds also will be used for
community outreach and to establish a Treasure
Coast Brownfields Advisory Committee with
representatives from local community
organizations and other stakeholders.
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 R P Council,FL
(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.
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Protection Agency	Response (5105T)	June 2003
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