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. The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002, as amended by the Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development Act of 2018, was passed to help states and communities around the country clean up and revitalize brownfield sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through five competitive grant programs: Multipurpose Grants, Assessment Grants, Revolving Loan Fund Grants, Cleanup Grants, and Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism.
$300,000
EPA has selected the Mohawk Valley Economic Development Growth Enterprises Corporation for a Brownfields Assessment Grant. Community-wide grant funds will be used to develop a brownfields site inventory, conduct ten Phase I and four Phase II environmental site assessments, and prepare three reuse plans. Grant funds also will be used to support community outreach activities. The target areas for this grant are the cities of Rome, Utica, and Sherrill. Priority sites include an abandoned three-story housing unit in Utica, downtown Rome's East Rome and Little Italy neighborhoods along the Erie Canal Corridor, and a former gas station in Sherrill.