United States Environ menial Protection LI M % Agency Brownfields 2017 Assessment Fact Sheet Grass Valley, CA Grant Recipient Information Publication information Name: City of Grass Valley Phone: 530-274-4711 EPA Information Region: EPA Region 9 Brownfields Team Phone: 415-972-3846 Website: https://www.epa.aov/brownfields/brownfields-and land-revitalization-epa-reaion-9 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 Grant $598,312 for hazardous substances EPA has selected the City of Grass Valley for a brownfields assessment coalition grant. Community- wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct at least three Phase I and five Phase II environmental site assessments, and prepare at least three cleanup plans and two cleanup plan amendments for mine-scarred lands. Grant funds also will be used to support public participation activities. Assessment activities will focus on mine-scarred lands in northern California and western Nevada County. Coalition partners are the City of Nevada City and Nevada County. 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). Office: United States Environmental Protection Agency Land and Emergency Management (5105T) Washington, D.C. 20460 Publication Number: EPA 560-F-17-057 Publication Date: May 2017 ------- 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. ------- |