Assessment grant proposal webinar. Cleanup grant proposal webinar. Revolving Loan Fund grant proposal webinar. August/September 2012 Assessment. Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (ARC) grant guidelines will be re- leased. Summer/Fall 2012: EPA Area-wide planning grant request for proposals will be issued. Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup (ARC) grants sub- mission deadline. Save the Date - National Brownfields Conference. Atlanta, GA. 10 NO SD 8 Visit your EPA O Regional Brownfields Page vvEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency The WBWire CONNECTING WESTERN BROWNFIELDS EFFORTS AND STAKEHOLDERS U.S. EPA REGIONS 8, 9 & SUMMER 2 0 I 2 Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup Grant Recipients Announced EPA announced $10.2 million in new Brownfields grants to Regions 8, 9, and 10 to assess, clean up and redevelop con- taminated properties, boost local economies and create jobs while protecting public health. The 27 western region grant- ees include communities in ten states, funded by EPA's Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund (RLF), and Cleanup (ARC) grants and RLF Supplemental Grants. View the recipient list. Multi-Purpose Pilot and Environmental Workforce and Job Training Grants Announced EPA announced over $1 million in grants to the western regions that can be used to assess and clean up contaminated sites through a new multi-purpose grant approach. Recipients include Missoula County, Montana; Mt. Shasta, California; and Astoria, Oregon. Through the Environmental Work- force Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program, EPA will award $1 million to five recipients in the western regions. Read about the Multi-Purpose and EWDJT announcements. 2012 Western Region Grant Recipients in the News Missoula. Montana, receives $679K for Brownfields cleanup Dubois. Wyoming, receives $200.000 for sawmill site cleanup. The Colfax Mainstreet Coalition received $900.000 to address contamination on Lake₯/ood and Denver's Colfax Avenue. Oregon local governments receive $2.1 million in Brownfields assessment and revolving loan fund supplemental grants. Utah receives $1.6 million to assess and clean up sites. City of Wheat Ridge. Colorado, receives a $400.000 grant to conduct assessments. T , 1 Missoula County received a $279,000 multipurpose grant to conduct asbestos assessment and cleanup at Missoula County Courthouse. Photo Courtesy of Missoula County. WBWire Online Three Arizona communities. Flagstaff. Yuma and the White Mountain Apache Tribe, were awarded a total of $1.3 million in EPA Brownfields grant funds. $ 1.2 million will be split among the cities of San Francisco. Emeryville. Chico and Grass Valley. California, to assess and clean up contaminated proper- ties. Two Washington local governments share $600.000 in cleanup and assessment EPA Brownfields funding. $1 million in supplemental Brownfields revolving loan funds will go to Humboldt County, the City of Sacramento and California's Department of Toxic Substances Control for cleanup. EPA awards $200,000 to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe for cleanup of Smee School Teacher's Facility in the Wakapala Community EPA awards $200.000 to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Tribe for cleanup . Pictured top left: EPA Regional Administrator Jim Martin presented $1.6 million in Brownfields grants to several entities in Utah. ------- CONNECTING WESTERN BROWNFIELDS EFFORTS AND STAKEHOLDERS PAGE 2 Brownfields Progress: Ail Update from the Western Regions Cleanup of a former oil drilling site in Los Angeles was completed by Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation, a Brownfields grantee. In May, they celebrated the groundbreaking of the Filipino Workers Center (PWC) Family Housing project. When completed, PWC Family Housing will provide 45 total units of affordable family housing, including nine units set aside for transition-age youth and 22 units for homeless individuals. Development of the Pend d'Oreille Bay Trail in Northern Idaho makes significant forward progress as project partners continue to secure funding. The 2-mile trail will Little Tokyo Service Center, Los connect the communities of Sandpoint, Ponderay and Kootenai, traversing a number of Angeles, CA, holds a ground breaking former brownfields that include sawmills, smelters and other underutilized properties, for an affordable housing develop- The project began with $225,598 in Brownfields assessment funding facilitated through merit and Filipino Workers Center, ^ |cjaf10 Department of Environmental Quality in 2010-201 I. Since then, the Friends of Pend d'Oreille Bay Trail 501 (c)3 has raised nearly $170,000 of the $400,000 needed to complete the project. With 2 years left to raise the remaining funds, completion of this longstanding project looks promising. Read more about the most recent lever- aged funding secured by the Friends of Pend d'Oreille Bay Trail- Read an article in Brownfield Renewal Magazine on how Auraria Campus, the site of three educational institutions with 40,000 students, in Denver, Colorado, navigated through the Brownfields process. The Denver Animal Shelter is the first animal shelter in the nation to receive the designa- tion as platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED^ certified. Once a sprawling 40-acre contaminated eyesore near downtown Denver, the former General Chemical property is now home to an animal shelter and public works facility, both of which are models for sustainable and efficient design. In 2010, the City and County of Denver used a Recovery Act subgrant from the Brownfields loan fund to complete soil cleanup. The Denver Animal Shelter receives LEED platinum certification. Smart Growth America Highlights Communities in Idaho, Montana, Arizona and California Watch Smart Growth America's video on Boise, Idaho, and hear Boise City Council member Elaine Clegg explain why Boise is a blueprint for success. Watch Smart Growth America's video on Missoula. Montana, and learn how Missoula is achieving a sense of place via economic development, community building and affordable housing. Read about residents in Concord. California, that worked hard to turn plans for a sprawling neighborhood into a transit oriented, walkable neighborhood with open space. Read how Mesa. Arizona, is changing their downtown zoning strategies to create a more walkable and economically resilient downtown neighborhood. J Brownfields Opportunities 2013 Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grant Guidelines Coming Soon These grants may be used to assess and clean up brownfields sites contaminated by petroleum and hazardous substances. Opportu- nities for funding will include Assessment Grants, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup (ARC) Grants. When the guidelines are released, they will be available online at this link 201 3 ARC grant guidelines. Register Now for Brownfields Grant Webinars The EPA Western Regions are jointly presenting four webinars to help FY 13 grant applicants. For more information on the webinars and to register, visit Region 9's Brownfields web page. Brownfields 2013: Submit Presentation Ideas for the National Brownfields Conference Don't miss this opportunity to have input into the educational sessions at the National Brownfields Conference. Call for ideas is now open and will close on August 3, 2012. Click here to submit your ideas. Are You a New or Experienced EPA Brownfields Grant Recipient? EPA offers online training courses to aid Brownfields cooperative agreement recipients in reporting their grant-funded activities using the Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES). For an updated schedule of ACRES training opportunities, please go to http://www.epa.gov/acres/trainingschedule.htm. W B W I R E ------- |