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:

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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.


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