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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Johnson & Wales
University,
Providence, Rl
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, President George
W. Bush 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
Johnson & Wales University was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Johnson & Wales is a
diverse university of 11,227 students, faculty, and staff.
The university has a campus in Providence (population
173,618), which is a federal Enterprise Zone. Approxi-
mately 45 percent of Providence residents are minori-
ties, and 24 percent live in poverty. Much of the
university's Harborside Campus is situated on a former
shipyard where "Liberty Ships" were built in World
War II. The target site, which abuts the campus, is in
Providence along its border with the City of Cranston
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected Johnson & Wales University
for a brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will
be used for remediating contaminated soil in the
former train maintenance pit area of the 14.7-acre
Parcel 7 at 250 Shipyard Street in Providence.
The property has been used for plating, and for
repairing and washing passenger trains. Soil
contaminants include arsenic, lead, and polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons. Funds also will be used to
cap the site and conduct community outreach
activities.
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: Johnson & Wales University, RI
401-598-4700
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
(population 77,606). The site is part of a 100-acre
parcel that the university plans to redevelop into a
campus with student residential facilities, walking and
jogging trails, field and track facilities, and public
greenspace along Narragansett Bay.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-218
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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