i Brownfields 2018 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet

V^lCtJ Missoula, MT

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 the City of Missoula for two brownfields assessment
grants. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used
to conduct three Phase I and seven Phase II environmental site
assessments. Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be used to
conduct three Phase I and two Phase II environmental site assessments.
Grant funds of both types also will be used to update the existing
brownfields inventory, prioritize brownfield sites, prepare cleanup plans,
and support community outreach activities. Assessment activities will
focus on the Downtown riverfront and Bitterroot Branch rail line.

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 8 Brownfields Team
(303)312-7074

EPA Region 8 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-region-8 )

Grant Recipient: City of Missoula, MT
(406)552-6395

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-18-080
April 2018


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