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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Boston, 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 City of Boston was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. Boston (population
589,141) has been a center of commerce and industrial
manufacturing for over 200 years. The city has tar-
geted four neighborhoods for assessment activities:
Roxbury, Hyde Park, East Boston, and Dorchester.
These areas have minority populations ranging from
39 to 87 percent, and poverty rates ranging from 10.4
to 27.1 percent. Two of the neighborhoods are located
in a federally designated Empowerment Zone and
Enterprise Community. The city has 2,000 brownfields
parcels in its inventory that are typically in lower-
income communities. In the four target neighborhoods,
brownfields inhibit redevelopment and growth through
actual or perceived environmental contamination. The
city has acquired a number of abandoned commercial
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Boston for two
brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous
substances and petroleum grant funds will be
used to conduct Phase I and II environmental site
assessments, community outreach, and site
prioritization in the Boston communities of
Roxbury, Hyde Park, East Boston, and
Dorchester.
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: City of Boston, MA
617-635-0103
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
parcels in these areas through tax foreclosure and
intends to work with the communities to determine
cleanup and reuse priorities. The revitalized
brownfields will be used for commercial and industrial
purposes. Brownfields redevelopment will create jobs,
mitigate environmental hazards, increase the tax base,
generate new businesses, and promote economic
revitalization.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-008
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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