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.
$340,100 for hazardous substances
$340,100 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Eugene for a brownfields assessment coalition grant. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to develop a brownfields inventory and conduct 80 Phase I and three Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used for community involvement activities. Petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct the same activities at sites with suspected petroleum contamination. This grant will target brownfields located in the Cities of Eugene and Springfield, and in Lane County.
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 10 Brownfields Team
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site (http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/sites/bf)
Grant Recipient: City of Eugene, OR
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.