Brownfields 2018 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet

^ Northampton County, VA

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 Grants

$200,000for hazardous substances
$100,000for petroleum

EPA has selected Northampton County for two brownfields assessment
grants. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used
to conduct six Phase I and three Phase II environmental site assessments,
and prepare three cleanup plans. Community-wide petroleum grant funds
will be used to conduct four Phase I and three Phase II environmental site
assessments, and prepare two cleanup plans. Grant funds of both types
also will be used to hold community-wide focus groups and visioning
sessions. Assessment activities will focus on the Highway 13 corridor
and the county's portion of the Virginia Enterprise Zone.

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)814-5524

EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-delaware-mar
yland-pennsylvania-Virginia-west)

Grant Recipient: County of Northampton, VA
(757) 678-0440 ext 515

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-18-087
April 2018

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