      The EPA will present Chadron with a ceremonial check for $500,000 this morning at 9:00 at City Hall.
The money is a Brownfields Assessment grant to determine the extent of pollution at several locations in Chadron, focusing on the Historic Downtown area.
Priority sites include the Rail Front District near Main Street, Railroad Park, a former gas station, a former power facility, and the Roundhouse – currently used to refurbish railcars and equipment for the Nebraska Northwestern Railroad.
Two major sites away from downtown are the old Chadron Community Hospital, which was razed earlier this year, and the former Nebraska Dept of Road shop and related yards on Maple Street that are still owned by the state.
Specifically, the $500,000 will be to conduct 15 Phase-1 and 7 Phase-2 environmental site assessments, develop a brownfield site inventory, and prepare 5 cleanup plans. Separate funding would be needed to implement the plans