&EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields 2017 Assessment Fact Sheet Association of Bay Area Governments, Contra Costa County, CA Grant Recipient Information Name: Association of Bay Area Governments Phone: 415-820-7968 Publication Information Office: United States Environmental Protection Agency Land and Emergency Management (5105T) Washington, D.C. 20460 Publication Number: Publication Date: EPA 560-F-17-011 May 2017 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 $300,000 for hazardous substances $300,000 for petroleum EPA has selected the Association of Bay Area Governments for a brownfields assessment coalition grant. Community-wide hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct 20 Phase I and six Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to establish an inventory of priority brownfield sites and support community engagement activities. Assessment activities will focus on the East Bay Corridor of the San Francisco Bay Area, within the Cities of El Cerrito and Richmond, and unincorporated Contra Costa County. Coalition partners are the Cities of El Cerrito and Richmond, Contra Costa County, and San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. 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. ------- |