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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Johnson & Wales
University,
Providence and
Cranston, Rl
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
Johnson & Wales University was selected to receive
two brownfields cleanup grants. Johnson & Wales is a
diverse university in Providence and Cranston (com-
bined population 252,887), with students from all 50
states and 97 countries. The total population of the
university, including students, faculty and staff, is
11,427. The University's Providence campus is in a
federally designated Enterprise Zone. Approximately
45 percent of Providence residents are minorities, and
Cleanup Grants
^2006
$400,000 for hazardous substances'
EPA has selected Johnson & Wales University for
two brownfields cleanup grants. Grant funds will
be used to cap the 25-acre Parcel 10 and the ten-
acre Parcel 9 segments of the University's
Harborside Campus. Surface and subsurface soils
at the sites are contaminated with arsenic and
various polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons dating
back to the use of the area as a shipyard during
World War II.
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: 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.
24 percent live below the poverty level. Much of the
University's Harborside Campus, situated on Fields
Point, is part of the former Providence Shipyard used
during World War II for building the Liberty Ships.
Contamination at the Harborside Campus is thought to
be related to this and other industrial activities at Fields
Point. Cleanup of the parcels will help eliminate human
exposure to contaminated soils at the sites and reduce
the environmental risk to the Narragansett Bay. The
sites are part of a 100-acre parcel that the University
plans to develop into a world-class campus with student
residential facilities, walking and jogging trails, field
and track facilities, and public greenspace along the
Narragansett Bay.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-022
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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