i rJHU t Brownfields 2022 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet

\W J Kansas City, MO

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

$500,000

EPA has selected the City of Kansas City for a Brownfields Assessment
Grant. Community-wide grant funds will be used to conduct five Phase I
and five Phase II environmental site assessments and develop two
cleanup plans. Grant funds also will be used to prepare a community site
reuse plan, conduct meetings, and prepare outreach materials in English
and Spanish. Hie target areas for this grant are 22 Urban Core
Opportunity Zones in the City of Kansas City. The priority site is the
Parade Park Homes-South site, which consists of four properties
including a former large steam laundry plant and dry cleaning facility, a
former paint and varnish manufacturer, and 17 buildings with a total of
182 residential townhome units.

Assessment Grant

$350,000

EPA has selected the City of Kansas City for a Brownfields Assessment
Grant. Site-specific grant funds will be used to conduct one Phase I and
four Phase II environmental site assessments and develop cleanup plans
for the Parade Park Homes - North site. The site consists of four
contiguous properties that are 1501 Woodland Ave., 1801 E. 15th Ter.,
1519 Garfield Ave., and 1560 E. Garfield Ave., in Kansas City. The site
was formerly a gas station, an auto repair garage, and a dry cleaning
operation and is adjacent to other former gas stations and garages. Grant
funds also will be used to develop a brownfields resource roadmap 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 7 Brownfields Team
(913)551-7786

EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/r7)

Grant Recipient: City of Kansas City, MO
(816)513-3002

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.

United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450

Land and
Emergency
Management (5105T)

EPA-560-F-22-161
May 2022


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