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Regional Planning Commission, Southeastern Louisiana
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 the Regional Planning Commission for two
brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances
and petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct eight Phase I and six
to eight Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be
used to develop four to six cleanup plans and support community
outreach activities. The focus of these grants is on two target areas: the
LaFitte Corridor in New Orleans and the St. Claude Avenue Commerical
Corridor, which connects New Orleans' Ninth Ward and Holy Cross
neighborhoods with St. Bernard Parish.
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 6 Brownfields Team
(214)665-8358
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/epa-regi
on-6-south-central-brownfields )
Grant Recipient: Regional Planning Commission, LA
(504) 568-6622
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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