Brownfields 2022 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet

West Allis Community Development Authority, W\

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 West Allis Community Development Authority for
a Brownfields Assessment Grant. Community-wide grant funds will be
used to conduct seven Phase I and six Phase II environmental site
assessments. Grant funds also will be used to develop three cleanup
plans, two reuse assessments, one reuse vision, and three infrastructure
evaluations, and to support community outreach activities. The target
area for this grant is the Eastern Industrial Corridor in the City of West
Allis. The Eastern Industrial Corridor is approximately 1,000 acres, of
which approximately 300 acres have been identified as industrial sites,
many of which were formerly operated as foundries, motor
manufacturers, and salvage yards. Priority sites include a 7.4-acre former
iron foundry that has been vacant since 2019 and three former industrial
manufacturing sites that range in size from seven to 23 acres.

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)886-5740

EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/r5)

Grant Recipient: Community Development Authority of the City of
West Allis, WI
(414) 302-8470

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)

E PA-560-F-22-277
May 2022

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