I JBt; | Brownfields 2004 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
V*V Franklin, IN
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 City of Franklin was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. Franklin's 4.5 percent poverty rate is
expected to rise with ongoing plant closings, which have
reduced Franklin's workforce by 12 percent. With a
majority of local jobs concentrated in two types of
manufacturing, the city (population 19,463) needs to
expand and diversify job opportunities to avoid further
large-scale impacts on the community due to plant
closings. Franklin's 20 brownfields, many of which are
vacant or abandoned industrial sites, extend across all
targeted areas of the city. Their assessment and reuse will
help spur industrial investment, which has declined since
1996, and diversify the city's economic base.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$100,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Franklin for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to prioritize
city brownfields for assessment and perform six to
eight Phase I and two to four Phase II site
assessments, one risk assessment, and community
outreach in eight economic revitalization areas.
Petroleum grant funds will be used to prioritize
sites for assessment and perform six to eight Phase
I and two to four Phase II site assessments, one
risk assessment, and community outreach in the
same revitalization areas.
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) 886-7576
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds)
Grant Recipient: City of Franklin,IN
(317) 736-3631
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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