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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Carver, MA
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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
The Town of Carver was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Located in a 40-square-
mile area in southeast Massachusetts between Boston
and Cape Cod, Carver (population 11,163) is a prima-
rily rural, agricultural town with an economy that is
based heavily on the cranberry industry. A downturn in
that industry has caused many growers to sell their
land in this highly desirable, easily accessible part of
the state. This development has increased the town's
population and the resulting financial and environmen-
tal pressures. As the population has grown, the town's
greatest concern is protecting its water resources.
Carver does not have a sewer system and is located
over the Plymouth-Carver Sole Source Aquifer. There
are 15 active contaminated sites, many of them former
landfills, that threaten public health, the environment,
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Town of Carver for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Petroleum grant funds
will be used to clean up soil and groundwater
contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons at the
99 Main Street site. Grant funds will be used to
develop cleanup plans, install groundwater
monitoring wells, create a treatment injection
system, monitor groundwater, and conduct
community involvement 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
617-918-1424
http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Town of Carver, MA
508-866-3401
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
and the town's aquifer. The 99 Main Street site targeted
for cleanup was used as an oil and gas facility and later
as a truck repair operation. It was abandoned in 1988.
The soil and groundwater at this 6.3-acre site are
contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. Cleanup of
the site will eliminate the existing threat to human
health and the environment in the immediate area and
the potential threat to neighboring cranberry-growing
operations. Once it is cleaned up, the town plans to
redevelop the site for a new fire and police complex.
This revitalization is expected to help Carver protect its
groundwater and transform a prominent, abandoned
eyesore in the town center into an essential community
facility.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-009
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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