United States Environ menial Protection LI M % Agency Brownfields 2007 Assessment Fact Sheet Elkhart, IN Grant Recipient Information Name: City of Elkhart Phone: (574) 294-5471 EPA Information Region: EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team Phone: (312) 886-7576 Website: http://www.epa.aov/R5Brownfields Publication Information Office: Publication Number: Publication Date: United States Environmental Protection Agency Land and Emergency Management (5105T) Washington, D.C. 20460 EPA 560-F-07-046 May 2007 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. On January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields 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 $200,000 for petroleum EPA has selected the City of Elkhart for a brownfields assessment grant. Petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct 15 to 20 Phase I, and eight to ten Phase II environmental site assessments. Funds also will be used to create a brownfields inventory and conduct community outreach activities. 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. ------- |