I JMU i Brownfields 2015 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet

... V Earth Conservancy, Nanticoke and Hanover Township, PA
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.
Cleanup Grants
$400,000for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Earth Conservancy for two brownfields cleanup
grants. Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to clean up the
Bliss Bank Phase II Parcel C and Parcel D sites located off Middle Road
in Nanticoke and Hanover Township in Luzerne County. The adjacent
parcels were used as repositories for coal mine waste called "culm" and
have been dormant since the 1970s. Degraded landscape and unstable
culm banks from historic mining practices are the primary environmental
concerns at the site. Grant funds also will be used to plant native grasses
and trees, create a stormwater management facility, and conduct
community outreach 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 3 Brownfields Team
(215)814-3129
EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
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yland-pennsylvania-Virginia-west)
Grant Recipient: Earth Conservancy, PA
(570) 823-3445
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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