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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Northborough, 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, 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 Northborough was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Northborough (population
14,013) is an 18.7-square-mile suburban community in
east central Massachusetts, 32 miles west of Boston.
The town purchased the former Northborough Fish and
Game Club site, which is adjacent to 95 acres of
publicly owned land, to take advantage of its built-in
potential for open space and its recreation value.
Although the site is located on a part of the club
property designated for open space and passive
recreation, access to the once heavily used walking
path on the site is restricted because of contamination
on the property. The area is also a likely location for
many plant and wildlife species. In addition to removing
Cleanup Grant
120051
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Town of Northborough for
a brownfields cleanup grant. Funds will be used to
conduct community involvement activities;
remove, treat, and dispose of lead and/or arsenic
contaminated soil and/or sediment; and restore the
former Northborough Fish and Game Club site.
The site was used as a rifle range and skeet
shooting area from 1948 to 2002.
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: Town of Northborough, MA
508-393-5019
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
a threat to human health and the environment, cleanup
of the site is expected to increase property values by
adding recreation and conservation land to the town.
The restored property is expected to attract a variety
of organizations for numerous types of activities,
benefitting the overall community. Restoring the site for
these uses will spare the town from the financial
burdens of residential redevelopment, thereby prevent-
ing pollution and natural resource consumption associ-
ated with such development.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-017
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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