2008 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:59:09 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] EPA awards $74 million in brownfields grants
 
U.S. EPA Newsroom
Release date: April 7, 2008

$74 Million in Grants to Give New Life to Old Properties

(Washington, D.C. - April 7, 2008) Communities in 43 states will share 
more than $74 million in brownfields grants to help revitalize former 
industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem properties to 
productive community use. The grants, awarded by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, also go to two tribes and two U.S. Territories.

"By revitalizing and restoring neighborhoods nationwide, EPA's 
Brownfields Program is proving that being a little green is doing a lot 
of good," said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. "These grants will 
help convert even more environmental eyesores back into sources of 
community pride."

Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be 
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous 
substance, pollutant, or contaminant. In January 2002, President Bush 
signed the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields 
Revitalization Act, which authorizes up to $250 million in funds 
annually for brownfields grants. The 2002 law expanded the definition of 
what's considered a brownfields, so communities may now focus on 
mine-scarred lands or sites contaminated by petroleum or the manufacture 
and distribution of illegal drugs.

In all, 209 applicants were selected to receive 314 assessment, 
revolving loan fund, and cleanup grants:

* 194 assessment grants totaling $38.7 million to be used to conduct 
site assessment and planning for eventual cleanup at one or more 
brownfields sites or as part of a community-wide effort.
* 108 cleanup grants totaling $19.6 million to provide funding for grant 
recipients to carry out cleanup activities at brownfields sites they own.
* 12 revolving loan fund grants totaling $15.7 million to provide 
funding for communities to capitalize a revolving loan fund and to 
provide subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfields sites. 
Revolving loan funds are generally used to provide low interest loans 
for brownfields cleanups.


The brownfields program encourages redevelopment of America's estimated 
450,000 abandoned and contaminated waste sites. Since the beginning of 
the program, EPA has awarded 1,255 assessment grants totaling more than 
$298 million, 230 revolving loan fund grants totaling about $217 
million, and 426 cleanup grants totaling $78.7 million.

In addition to industrial and commercial redevelopment, brownfields 
approaches have included the conversion of industrial waterfronts to 
river-front parks, landfills to golf courses, rail corridors to 
recreational trails, and gas stations to housing. As of January 31, 
2008, EPA's brownfields assistance has leveraged more than $10.4 billion 
in cleanup and redevelopment funding and 47,201 jobs in cleanup, 
construction, and redevelopment. Assessments have been performed on 
11,738 properties and 256 properties have been cleaned up.

More information on the grant recipients: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields

Contact Information: Roxanne Smith, 202-564-4355 / smith.roxanne@epa.gov

For the original release, go to
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/652d9edd5cf71a2585257359003f5343/25bc0a233654d2898525742400613cf4!OpenDocument

-- 


Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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