1 Brownfields 2022 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet / New Bern, NC 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 brownfield sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through five competitive grant programs: Multipurpose Grants, Assessment Grants, Revolving Loan Fund Grants, Cleanup Grants, and Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism. Assessment Grant $500,000 EPA has selected the City of New Bern for a Brownfields Assessment Grant. Community-wide grant funds will be used to inventory and prioritize sites and conduct 18 Phase I and five Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to develop two cleanup plans and three area-wide plans. The target area for this grant is the city's Greater Five Points Redevelopment Area, a historically African American community west of New Bern's historic downtown. Priority sites include a site that has been vacant for 14 years and once housed a hotel; Main Street in the Five Points commercial district, which is a collection of vacant lots and dilapidated structures; and a former public housing project that was destroyed by Hurricane Florence in 2018. 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 4 Brownfields Team (404) 562-8604 EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site (https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/r4) Grant Recipient: City of New Bern, NC (252)639-7580 The 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-22-197 May 2022 ------- |