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Westmoreland County Redevelopment Authority, 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.
Assessment Grant
$335,000for hazardous substances
$165,000for petroleum
EPA has selected the Westmoreland County Redevelopment Authority
for a brownfields assessment coalition grant. Community-wide
hazardous substances grant funds will be used to perform up to 10 Phase
I and six Phase II environmental site assessments. Community-wide
petroleum grant funds will be used to perform up to five Phase I and
three Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds of both types
also will be used to prepare cleanup plans and conduct community
outreach activities. Coalition partners are the City of Jeannette, City of
Latrobe, and Borough of Mount Pleasant.
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: Redevelopment Authority of the County of
Westmoreland, PA
(724) 830-3366
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.
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