United States
Environ menial Protection
LI M % Agency

Brownfields 2017 Assessment Fact Sheet

Laramie, WY

Grant Recipient Information	Publication information

Name: City of Laramie
Phone: 307-721-5304

EPA Information

Region: EPA Region 8 Brownfields Team
Phone: 303-312-6184

Website: https://www.epa.aov/brownfields/brownfields-and
land-revitalization-reaion-8

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 Grants

$200,000 for hazardous substances
$100,000 for petroleum

EPA has selected the City of Laramie for two brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct up to six Phase I and up to three Phase II
environmental site assessments, and prepare two cleanup plans. Community-wide petroleum grant
funds will be used to conduct up to nine Phase I and up to two Phase II environmental site
assessments, and prepare one cleanup plan. Grant funds of both types also will be used to inventory
the city's brownfield sites and support 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).

Office:	United States Environmental

Protection Agency
Land and Emergency
Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460

Publication

Number: EPA 560-F-17-072
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


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announcement. Therefore, the funding amount and activities described in this fact sheet are subject

to change.


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