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<br />OS/23/05 ION 09~15 FAX 19038322672 <br /> <br />ATCOG <br /> <br />III 002 <br />http://www.epa.govlbrownfieldslnews/prO5l oo5.htm <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />EPA Bro~tìelds Press Release May 1O, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br />Brownfields Home <br />Basic Information <br />Where You Live <br />Newsroom <br />Grants & Funding <br />Laws &, Statutes <br />Tools & Technical <br />Inf onnati on <br />Partnershi~ <br />Initiatives <br />Site Ma~ <br /> <br />lof2 <br /> <br />-u.s. E""ilOlI",.",a' Protection AllelIC' <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br />Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment ~ <br />./ <br />Recent Additions 1 Contact Us I Print Version Search: I <br />.. <br />EPA Home >- Brownfields > Newsroom> EPA News Release May 10, <br />200S <br /> <br />Environmental News <br /> <br />FOR RELEASE: May 10, 2005 <br />Contact: Dale Kemery, 202-564- 7839 I keme .dal <br /> <br /> <br />75,,9 Million in Brownfield Grants Announced <br /> <br />(Washington, DC - May 1O, 2005) Communities in 44 states will share <br />more than $75 million in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency <br />brownfields grants to help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, <br />transforming them from problem properties into community assets. <br /> <br />"The Brownfields Program puts both property and people back to work, II <br />EP A Administrator Steve Jolmson said. "These grants will help <br />communities across America convert eyesores into engines of economic <br />rebirth. It <br /> <br />Browntìelds are sites where potentially harmful contaminants may be <br />impeding revitalization. The Small Business Liability Relief and <br />Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002 authorizes up to $250 million in <br />funds annually for brown fields grants. That taw broadened -the definition of <br />a brownfield to include mine-scarred lands) sites contaminated by <br />petroleum or areas polluted by the manufacture of illegal drugs <br /> <br />In addition to the grants being announced today, participants in the <br />brownfields program gain access to the expertise and other resources trom <br />more than 20 federal agencies. There are four categories of grants being <br />awarded with 218 applícants, including three tribal nations, selected to <br />receive 302 grants totaling $75.9 million. These include: <br /> <br />. 172 assessment grants, worth $33.6 million, to assess and plan for <br />eventual cleanup at one or more brownfield sites; <br />. 106 cleanup grants, totaling $1.9.3 million, for recipients to clean up <br />brownfield sites they own; <br />. 13 revolving loan fund grants, totaling $20.8 million, which <br />communities use to make low-interest loans for the cleanup of <br /> <br />5/23/2005 9:06 AM <br /> <br />'" <br />