Brownfields 2018 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet

I Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council, Moore Haven, Clewiston, and
K.	Immokalee, FL

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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 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

$300,000for hazardous substances
$300,000for petroleum

EPA has selected the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council for a
brownfields assessment coalition grant. Community-wide hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to conduct 20 Phase I and seven
Phase II environmental site assessments, and develop four cleanup plans.
Grant funds also will be used to conduct community outreach activities,
including up to eight public workshops and meetings. Community-wide
petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct the same tasks at sites
with potential petroleum contamination. Assessment activities will focus
on the Towns of Immokalee, Clewiston, and Moore Haven. Coalition
partners are Collier County, Glades County, and Hendry County.

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 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8425

EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
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Grant Recipient: Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council, FL
(239) 938-1813 ext 232

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-18-125
April 2018


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