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Brownfields  2005
 Grant  Fact Sheet
    Marlborough,  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 City of Marlborough was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Within this city of 36,255
residents, brownfields are concentrated in the down-
town area, causing blight and becoming vectors for
illicit activity. The former oil storage property to be
cleaned up is in a neighborhood that has suffered from
neglect and disinvestment, and has a low- and moder-
ate-income rate of 51 percent. Cleanup of the site will
allow the city to redevelop the property to provide
parking, a bicycle rack area, and a picnic area for
those using the Assabet River Rail Trail, a public
walking, bicycling, and recreational pathway. Cleanup
of the property will build interest in revitalizing and
   Cleanup Grant
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  $199,200 for petroleum

  EPA has selected the City of Marlborough for a
  brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
  used to clean up petroleum contamination at two
  parcels in the former Seymour Oil Storage
  property, now known as the Rail Trail-Kelleher
  Site. Contaminants on the property include
  polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and petroleum
  hydrocarbons. The property will become part of
  the Assabet River Rail Trail, providing parking, a
  bicycle rack area, and a picnic area.
   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: City of Marlborough, MA
  508-460-3764

  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
living in the neighborhood, and increase use of the
more accessible rail trail.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-05-014
                        May 2005
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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