i Brownfields 2021 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet

V^lC£] Bloomington, IN

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. The Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002, as amended by the
Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development
Act of 2018, was passed to help states and communities around
the country clean up and revitalize brownfield sites. Under this
law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through five competitive grant programs: Multipurpose Grants,
Assessment Grants, Revolving Loan Fund Grants, Cleanup
Grants, and Environmental Workforce Development and Job
Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to
state and tribal response programs through a separate
mechanism.

Assessment Grant

$300,000

EPA has selected the City of Bloomington for a Brownfields Assessment
Grant. Community-wide grant funds will be used to update the city's
brownfields inventory, prioritize sites, and conduct up to 12 Phase I and
up to 10 Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will
be used to develop up to 10 cleanup plans and support community
outreach activities. Assessment activities will focus on the city's College
Avenue/Walnut Street Corridor, which serves as one of the primary
residential and employment centers for Bloomington. Priority sites
include a 24-acre abandoned hospital, a 5.4-acre scrap and recycling
yard, a gas company maintenance garage, a former automobile
manufacturing plant, an auto junkyard, and a former lumber yard.

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)353-2112

EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-illinois-ind
iana-michigan-minnesota-ohio-and)

Grant Recipient: City of Bloomington, IN
(812)349-3419

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
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450

Land and
Emergency
Management (5105T)

EPA-560-F-21 -075
May 2021


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