United States Environ menial Protection LI M % Agency Brownfields 2017 Assessment Fact Sheet Norwalk, OH Grant Recipient Information Name: City of Norwalk Phone: 419-663-6707 EPA Information Region: EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team Phone: 312-886-9493 Website: https://www.epa.aov/brownfields/brownfields-and- land-revitalization-illinois-indiana-michiaan-minnesota-ohio- and Publication Information Office: Publication Number: Publication Date: United States Environmental Protection Agency Land and Emergency Management (5105T) Washington, D.C. 20460 EPA 560-F-17-092 May 2017 Overview of the 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. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and communities around the country cleanup 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 $200,000 for hazardous substances $100,000 for petroleum EPA has selected the City of Norwalk for two brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct seven Phase I and four Phase II environmental site assessments. Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct four Phase I and two Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds of both types will be used to develop six cleanup plans. Grant funds also will be used to support community outreach activities, including four kickoff meetings and 36 stakeholder meetings; and inventory and prioritize brownfield sites, which is expected to result in identifying an estimated 100 brownfields. 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). ------- The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the grant application; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of the information. The cooperative agreement is negotiated after the selection announcement. Therefore, the funding amount and activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. ------- |