Brownfields 2018 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet Great Northern Development Corporation, Eastern Montana 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 Grant $300,000for hazardous substances $300,000for petroleum EPA has selected the Great Northern Development Corporation for a brownfields assessment coalition grant. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct eight Phase I and 12 Phase II environmental site assessments. Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct seven Phase I and seven Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds of both types also will be used to develop cleanup plans and support community outreach activities. Assessment activities will focus on 15 counties in eastern Montana. Coalition partners are the Eastern Plains Economic Development Corporation and the Southeast Montana Development Corporation. 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: Great Northern Development Corporation, MT (406) 653-2590 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-18-048 April 2018 ------- |