United States
Environ menial Protection
LI M % Agency

Brownfields 2017 Assessment Fact Sheet

Panhandle Area Development District, Northwestern
Nebraska

Grant Recipient Information

Name: Panhandle Area Development District
Phone: 308-436-6584

EPA Information

Region: EPA Region 7 Brownfields Team
Phone: 913-551-7265

Website: https://www.epa.aov/brownfields/brownfields-and-
land-revitalization-iowa-kansas-missouri-nebraska-and-nine
tribal

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

$445,400 for hazardous substances

EPA has selected the Panhandle Area Development District for a brownfields assessment coalition
grant. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to perform 35 Phase I and 12
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 communities of the
Nebraska Panhandle. Coalition partners are the Cities of Crawford, Gordon, Kimball, Mitchell, and
Scottsbluff.

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).

Publication Information

Office:	United States Environmental

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

Publication

Number: EPA 560-F-17-097
Publication

Date:	May 2017


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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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