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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Greenfield, MA
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield 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. On January 11, 2002, the President
signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
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 pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Town of Greenfield was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. The town is the commer-
cial, financial, and job center for the rest of the county,
the most rural in the state. The town has 18,168
residents, of whom 431 live in the Deerfield Street
neighborhood where the former gasoline station is
located. This neighborhood is a mixed-use, low- and
moderate-income area at the southern entrance to the
town. The entire town suffers from aging housing
stock, high poverty rates, areas of slum and blight, and
loss of manufacturing jobs. The removal of petroleum
contamination from the site will reduce health risks to
residents, as well as nearby fisheries and watersheds.
Cleanup Grant
$125,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Town of Greenfield for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
used to clean up petroleum contamination at the
former Food and Fuel gasoline station on
Deerfield Street. Funds will also be used for
community outreach activities. The site is ex-
pected to become a public park.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
brownfields
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1221
http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Greenfield, MA
413-772-1548
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Proposed redevelopment of the former gasoline station
site includes a public greenspace planted with native
species that will incorporate elements from
Greenfield's industrial history, and enhance the adja-
cent Green River Walkway and Franklin County
Bikeway.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-04-052
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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