I — - v Brownfields 2020 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet ,r< •Vt I West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Central Kanawha '/ River Valley, WV 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 West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection for a Brownfields Assessment Grant. Community-wide grant funds will be used to conduct up to 14 Phase I and seven Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to identify and prioritize sites and conduct community outreach activities. Assessment activities will focus on a 30-mile corridor in the Central Kanawha River Valley that encompasses four unincorporated communities and six municipalities, including the City of Charleston, and contains six Qualified Opportunity Zones. Priority sites include a 2.5-acre former steel fabrication business in the City of Charleston's warehouse district, a vacant department store in downtown Charleston, and a former gasoline station in the City of South Charleston. 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)814-3406 EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site (https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/r3) Grant Recipient: West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, WV (304) 926-0499 ext 1268 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-20-163 May 2020 ------- |