United States Environ menial Protection LI M % Agency Brownfields 2017 Assessment Fact Sheet California High-Speed Rail Authorit Grant Recipient Information Publication information Name: California High-Speed Rail Authority Phone: 916-403-2583 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 California High-Speed Rail Authority for a brownfields assessment coalition grant. Community-wide hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct 24 Phase I and eight Phase II environmental site assessments, and prepare eight cleanup plans. Grant funds also will be used to prioritize brownfield sites, and support community engagement activities, including five focus group meetings. Assessment activities will focus on the Los Angeles Union Station area. Coalition partners are the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor Agency. 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-17-031 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. ------- |