EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfield sites. 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 Job Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism.
$2,000,000
EPA has selected Ahtna, Inc., for a Brownfields Community-wide Assessment Grant for States and Tribes that will be funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Grant funds will be used to conduct up to 20 Phase I and up to seven Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to prepare a reuse and revitalization plan and to conduct community engagement activities. The target area for this grant is the Athna region of central Alaska. Priority sites include a former railroad dumping ground, a cemetery, a depleted material site, an airport dump site, a former school, a former laundromat, a gravel pit, a salvage yard, and a fire lookout tower.