| ^ \ Brownfields 2015 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet Madison County Community Development, IL 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 Grants $200,000for hazardous substances $200,000for petroleum EPA has selected Madison County Community Development for two brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct between 10 and 16 Phase I environmental site assessments. Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct the same number of environmental site assessments at sites with potential petroleum contamination. Grant funds of both types will be used to conduct a total of at least 10 Phase II environmental site assessments, update the county's brownfields inventory, prioritize sites for assessment, 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 5 Brownfields Team (312)353-8827 EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.gov/region5brownfields/) Grant Recipient: Madison County Community Development, IL (618)692-8940 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-15-119 Protection Agency Re™S (51<»T) M»»2015 Washington, DC 20450 Kesponse (Si us ) ------- |