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Brownfields 2009 Revolving Loan Fund Grant
Fact Sheet
Northern Rocky Mountain Resource Conservation &
Development Area, Inc., MT
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.
Community Description
The Northern Rocky Mountain Resource Conservation &
Development Area, Inc., was selected to receive a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. Revolving loan
fund (RLF) coalition partners are the Snowy Mountain
Development Corporation and Montana Business
Assistance Connection. The area targeted by the RLF
grant includes 11 counties in central Montana (combined
population 184,654). This area contains hundreds of
abandoned mines, underground storage tanks, and other
potential brownfields. The counties are some of the most
economically disadvantaged counties in the state. Six of
the 11 counties have poverty levels exceeding the national
average. All of the coalition's counties have median
household incomes less than the national average.
Brownfields are more likely to occur in the low-income
areas of the communities, and include at least 22
methamphetamine-contaminated properties. Brownfields
in several of the communities present threats to
groundwater and surface water quality. Cleanups funded
through the RLF grant are expected to promote
sustainable reuse of land and create jobs within the
coalition area.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$1,000,000 for hazardous substances
$600,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Northern Rocky Mountain
Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc.,
for a brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The
grant will be used to capitalize a revolving loan
fund from which the Northern Rocky Mountain
Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc.,
will provide loans and subgrants to support
cleanup activities for sites contaminated with
hazardous substances and petroleum. RLF
activities will take place in the 11 counties
represented by the Central Montana Brownfields
Coalition. Grant funds will be used to market the
loan fund and support community involvement
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 8 Brownfields Team
(303)312-7074
EPA Region 8 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region8/bro wnfields )
Grant Recipient: Northern Rocky Mountain
Resource Conservation & Development Area,
Inc.,MT
(406)582-5700
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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United States	c
Environmental	anri Fmpflpn™	EPA 560-F-09-172
Protection Agency	Response (5105T)	May 2009
Washington, DC 20450	Kesponse (si us )

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