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 Brownfields  2004
 Grant  Fact Sheet
      Brunswick,  ME
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 Brunswick was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. The railyard corridor is
in the heart of downtown Brunswick, adjacent to
residential neighborhoods and Bowdoin College.
Approximately 14,079 of Brunswick's 21,172 residents
live in the affected neighborhoods. These neighbor-
hoods house some of the highest concentrations of
poor people in the community. Eighty-four percent of
the families that live within walking distance of the
target sites live in poverty. This grant will enable the
town to learn more about its downtown brownfields,
and ultimately may result in reuses such as new office
and retail space, while removing blight from the town's
historic core.
Assessment Grant
$150,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Town of Brunswick for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous sub-
stances grant funds will be used to identify sites
along a former railroad corridor, now buried with
coal ash contamination. It is not known if the
contaminants, which resulted from more than a
century of railroad operations, have permeated
underlying soils or groundwater. The funds will
support Phase I and Phase II assessments of the
area, a community design charette, and a redevel-
opment master plan.
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: Brunswick, ME
207-721-0793
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                      EPA 560-F-04-029
                      June 2004
                      www.epa.gov/brownfields

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