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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency

Brownfields 2017 Assessment Fact Sheet

Bear Paw Development Corporation of Northern Montana

Grant Recipient Information

Name: Bear Paw Development Corporation of Northern
Montana

Phone: 406-265-9226

Publication Information

Office:	United States Environmental

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

Publication
Number:
Publication
Date:

EPA 560-F-17-017
May 2017

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 Bear Paw Development Corporation of Northern Montana for two brownfields
assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds will be used
to conduct six Phase I and nine Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be
used to support cleanup planning and community outreach activities. Assessment activities will focus
on the Counties of Liberty, Hill, Blaine, Phillips, and Chouteau, and the Rocky Boy's Indian
Reservation.

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).


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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.


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