Brownfields 2016 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet Uintah Basin Association of Governments, Duchesne County, UT 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 $275,000for hazardous substances $275,000for petroleum EPA has selected the Uintah Basin Association of Governments for a brownfields assessment coalition grant. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to perform 12 Phase I, four Phase II, and two supplemental Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to conduct a brownfields inventory, prepare three cleanup plans, and support community outreach and involvement activities. Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct the same tasks at sites with potential petroleum contamination. Grant funds of both types also will be used to conduct area-wide plans for two focus areas. Coalition partners are Duchesne County and the City of Roosevelt. Assessment activities will focus on the Cities of Duchesne, Myton, and Roosevelt in Duchesne 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 8 Brownfields Team (303)312-7074 EPA Region 8 Brownfields Web site (https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie lds-and-land-revitalization-region-8 ) Grant Recipient: Uintah Basin Association of Governments, UT (435)722-4518 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-16-142 Protection Agency Re™S (51<»T) M»»2016 Washington, DC 20450 Kesponse (Si us ) ------- |