Lan4 & Community Revitalization
BROWN FIELP5
EPA New England
Rhode Island
April 2010
"The ferm 'brownfield site' means 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." (from the federal Brownfields Act of 2002)
SUMMARY OF BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM
Originally begun as an EPA initiative in January 1995, the US EPA National Brownfields
Program has since evolved into a collaborative effort involving many federal, state and local
partners. In January 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization
Act ("the Brownfields law") was signed. This law expanded potential federal assistance for
Brownfields revitalization, including grants for assessment, cleanup, and job training. The law
also includes provisions to establish and enhance state and tribal response programs, which
will continue to play a critical role in the successful cleanup and revitalization of brownfields.
Below is a summary of the US EPA Region 1 funding for each of the key Brownfields initiatives.
EPA Brownfields Funding in New England: Program Distribution by State (1994-2010)*
Program
Assessment
Grants
Revolving
Loan Fund
(RLF) Grants
Cleanup
Grants
Job Training
Grants
EPA
Targeted
Assessments
(TEA)
State &
Tribal
Funding
Showcase
Communities
2009
Recovery Act
Total
CT
$11,948,630
$14,129,645
$8,950,000
$2,140,264
$2,577,470
$8,937,994
$300,000
$3,095,033
$52,079,036
ME
$7,659,017
$9,968,355
$5,050,744
$200,000
$726,339
$8,134,361
$0
$2,510,000
$34,248,816
MA
$24,420,131
$17,168,000
$12,094,933
$2,538,799
$4,703,869
$12,382,315
$800,000
$4,485,000
$78,593,047
NH
$7,164,000
$6,701,790
$2,600,000
$0
$398,926
$10,164,267
$0
$2,200,000
$29,228,983
RI
$2,703,000
$5,690,000
$5,200,000
$550,000
$514,217
$8,482,572
$300,000
$1,200,000
$24,639,789
VT
$11,066,000
$3,000,000
$800,000
$0
$366,621
$4,525,752
$0
$1,602,000
$16,802,373
Total
$64,960,778
$56,657,790
$34,695,677
$5,429,063
$9,287,442
$52,627,261
$1,400,000
$15,092,033
$240,150,044
*Funding total current as of April 2010
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ASSESSMENT GRANT PROGRAM
State, tribal, and local governments are eligible to apply for funding to inventory,
characterize, assess, and conduct planning and community involvement related to brownfield
sites. Applicants may apply for $200,000 to address sites contaminated by hazardous
substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with
petroleum) and $200,000 to address sites contaminated by petroleum. Coalitions of three or
more eligible entities may apply for up to $1,000,000 and must assess a minimum of five
sites. A community-wide proposal is one in which sites are not specifically identified. The
performance period of these grants is three years and recipients are selected through an
annual national competition. The figures in the table that follows are cumulative totals for
all Assessment Grants awarded in Rhode Island since 1994.
Assessment Grant Program
Recipient
2009
Recovery Act
Funding
Regular
Funding
Total Funding
Municipalities
Cranston
Providence
Rhode Island Department of Environmental
Manaqement
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation
Warwick
Woonsocket
-
$200,000
$450,000
$1,000,000
$600,000
$150,000
$303,000
$200,000
$450,000
$1,000,000
$600,000
$150,000
$303,000
Coalitions
Rhode Island Department of Environmental
Manaqement
Assessment Grant Program Totals:
$1,000,000
$1,000,000
$2,703,000
$1,000,000
$3,703,000
Funding totals current as of April 2010.
REVOLVING LOAN FUND GRANT PROGRAM
State, tribal, and local governments are eligible to apply for funding to capitalize a revolving
loan fund (RLF) and to provide subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfields sites.
Applicants may apply for $1,000,000 to address sites contaminated by petroleum and
hazardous substances. Two or more eligible entities may team together to form a coalition to
pool their revolving loan funds. Revolving loan funds generally are used to provide no-interest
or low-interest loans for brownfields cleanups. An RLF grant recipient may also use up to 40%
of the awarded funds to award subgrants to other eligible entities, including nonprofit
organizations, for brownfields cleanups on sites owned by the subgrantee. A grant recipient
cannot subgrant to itself. An RLF grant requires a 20% cost share. The performance period of
these grants is five years and recipients are selected through an annual national competition.
The figures in the table that follows are cumulative totals for all Revolving Loan Fund Grants
awarded in Rhode Island since 1994.
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Revolving Loan Fund Program
Recipient
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation /
Rhode Island Department of Environmental
Manaqement
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation /
City of Providence / City of Pawtucket
Revolving Loan Fund Program Totals:
Funding totals current as of April 2010.
2009
Recovery Act
Funding
$0
Regular
Funding
$1,700,000
$3,990,000
$5,690,000
Total Funding
$1,700,000
$3,990,000
$5,690,000
CLEANUP GRANT PROGRAM
State, tribal, local governments and nonprofits are eligible to apply for funding to carry out
cleanup activities at Brownfields sites that they own. Applicants may apply for $200,000 per
site to address sites contaminated by petroleum and/or hazardous substances. Cleanup
grants require a 20% cost share. Eligible applicants must own the site for which it is
requesting funding in order to qualify. The performance period of these grants is three years
and recipients are selected through an annual national competition. The figures in the table
that follows are cumulative totals for all Cleanup Grants awarded in Rhode Island since
2003.
Cleanup Grant Program
Recipient
Site
2009
Recovery Act
Funding
Regular
Funding
Total Funding
Municipalities
Burrillville
East Providence
Glocester
Middletown
Pawtucket
Stillwater Mill Complex, 246
Harrisville Main Street
Riverside Square Project,
336-348 Bullocks Point
Avenue & 12 Fenner
Avenue
Chepachet River Park Site,
Putnam Pike & Oil Mill Lane
Town Center in the Valley,
High Street & O'Neill Blvd.
Former Industrial Laundry
Facility, 345 Pine Street
Front Street - Parcel 5, 164
Front Street
Front Street - Parcel 9, 182
Front Street
Front Street - Parcel 1 3,
210 Front Street
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
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Recipient
Site
2009
Recovery Act
Funding
Regular
Funding
Total Funding
Municipalities
Pawtucket
Providence
Richmond
Woonsocket
State Pier Site, Tim Healy
Way
Lincoln Lace & Braid Mill,
55 Ponagansett Avenue
Louttit Laundry Site, 93
Cranston Street
Knowles Mill Site, 5
Railroad Street
ACS Industries, 71 Villa
Nova Street
FDS Industries, 138 Hamlet
Avenue
Florence Dye Works, 168
Florence Drive
Former Lafayette Worsted
Company Office Buildings,
150 Hamlet Avenue
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
Non-Profit Organizations
East Providence -
Meetinq Street
National Center of
Excellence
Providence -
Johnson and Wales
University
Providence -
Providence
Community Health
Centers
Providence - Rhode
Island Family Life
Center
Providence - Trust
for Public Land
960, 962, 996 and 1000
Eddy Street and 43 Haswell
Street, Providence
Parcel 7, 250 Shipyard
Street, Providence
Parcel 9, Harborside
Boulevard
Parcel 10, Harborside
Boulevard
Federated Lithographers
Building, 369 Prairie
Avenue
Beaman & Smith Factory
Complex - Building #1 , 20
Gordon Avenue
Beaman & Smith Factory
Complex- Building #2 &
Parking Lot, 20 Gordon
Avenue
485 Plainfield Street
67 Melissa Street,
Providence
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
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Recipient
Site
2009
Recovery Act
Funding
Regular
Funding
Total Funding
Non-Profit Organizations
Providence -
Woonasquatucket
Valley Community
Build
Providence Steel & Iron -
Lot 2, 27 Sims Avenue
Providence Steel & Iron
Lot 3, 27 Sims Avenue
Cleanup Grant Program Totals:
$200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$5,200,000
$200,000
$200,000
$5,400,000
Funding totals current as of April 2010.
JOB TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM
State, tribal, local governments and non-profits are eligible to apply for funding to assist
residents of communities impacted by Brownfields take advantage of jobs created by the
assessment and cleanup of brownfields. Applicants may apply for $200,000 and must be
located within or near a Brownfields Assessment Grant community. The Job Training Grant
Program's goals are to prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental field and
to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites contaminated with hazardous substances. The
performance period of these grants is two years and recipients are selected through an
annual national competition.
Job Training Grant Program
Recipient
Groundworks Providence
Job Training Grant Program Totals:
2009
Recovery Act
Funding
$0
Regular
Funding
$550,000
$550,000
Total Funding
$550,000
$550,000
Funding totals current as of April 2010.
TARGETED BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENTS fTBAl
One of EPA's non-grant programs is the Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) Program.
TBAs are conducted by an EPA contractor on behalf of municipalities or non-profits. This is a
"grant of services" where an EPA contractor performs the site assessment. The purpose of a
TBA is to minimize the uncertainties associated with actual or perceived contamination that
complicates the redevelopment of vacant or underutilized properties. The average value of
these assessments is $100,000. There is usually one round of selections per year and
applications are accepted at any time. The Brownfields Law expanded the TBA program's
eligible sites to also include those contaminated solely by petroleum products. Call Jim Byrne
at (61 7) 918-1389 for more information. Below is a summary of the sites and amount of
TBA funding received in Rhode Island since 1997.
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Recipient
Burrilville
Site
EPA Targeted Brownfield Assessments
2009
Recovery Act
Funding
Metech Mill
Regular
Funding
$100,000
Total Funding
$100,000
Central Falls
Spintex Mill, 1461 High
Street
$28,183
$28,183
Providence
485 Plainfield Street
$100,000
$100,000
Narragansett Landing,
Aliens Avenue
$41,614
$41,614
Rau Fasteners (West
Elmwood Housing
Development'), 102
Westfield Street
$110,782
$110,782
Save the Bay, 100 Bavview
Drive
$133,638
$133,638
EPA Targeted Brownfields Assessments Totals:
$0
$514,217
$514,217
Funding totals current as of April 2010.
STATE & TRIBAL BROWNFIELDS FUNDING
States and tribes play a significant role in identifying, cleaning up and redeveloping
brownfield properties. EPA provides up to $50 million annually in grants to states and tribes
to establish or enhance their response programs that address the assessment, cleanup, and
redevelopment of brownfields. States and tribes can use this funding to establish or expand
voluntary cleanup programs, perform environmental assessments and cleanups, capitalize a
cleanup revolving loan fund, purchase environmental insurance, establish or maintain a
public record of sites, oversee cleanups, and to conduct site specific activities. Below is a
summary of the amount of funding received in Rhode Island since 1 994.
State & Tribal Brownfields Funding
Recipient
Year Funding
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
P re- Law
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
State Program Total:
$1,115,906
$861 ,029
$878,425
$912,500
$1,185,519
$1,197,474
$1,195,519
$1,136,200
$8,482,572
Funding total current as of April 2010.
Recipient
Bristol
Burrillville
State Assessments
Site
Buttonwood Industrial Complex
Stillwater Mill Complex, Clock Tower Building Parcel
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Recipient
Charlestown
Coventry
Cranston
East Providence
Glocester
Middletown
Pawtucket
Providence
Richmond
Warren
Warwick
Westerly
West Warwick
Woonsocket
Recipient
Woonsocket
State Assessments
Site
Kenyon Piece Landfill, Sand Plain Road
Harris Park, 596 Main Street
Coventry Meadows, 760 Tiogue Avenue
Park View Recreational Facility
Cranston Fire Station No. 3, 1384 Cranston Street
Cranston Police Station, 275 Atwood Avenue & 15 Mayberry Street
Pawtuxet River Park, Multiple Lots
Bold Point Park/Tockwotton Home, Pier Road
Chepachet River Park, Putnam Pike
Town Center in the Valley, Haymaker Road
Dr. Golf Site, 100 Tim Healey Way
Festival Pier, School Street
Standard Management Coroporation, 354 Pine Street
Privet Street Project
Former Union Smelting & Refining Works, 356 Public Street
Former Gorham Property
Olneyville Family Resource Center
Westfield Lofts
Paragon Mills, 148 & 160 Delaine Street and 31 & 39 Manton Avenue
Former Ponagansett Landfill, 67 Melissa Street
Knowles Mills, 5 Railroad Street
Jamiel's Park & Landfill
Pontiac Enterprises
T.H. Baylis
Stand Up for Animals, 39 Westerly-Bradford Road
Crompton Mills Raceway
West Warwick Senior Center
Consolidated Auto Screen Facility, Lots 165 & 175
Former ACS Industries/Lafayette Worsted, 148 Hamlet Avenue
Former Florence Dye Works, 168 Florence Drive
Woonsocket Spinning Mill
State Cleanups
Site
Consolidated Auto Screen Facility, Lots 165 & 175
Former ACS Industries/Lafayette Worsted, 148 Hamlet Avenue
Former Florence Dye Works, 168 Florence Drive
SHOWCASE COMMUNITIES
Showcase Communities were selected as national models demonstrating the benefits of
collaborative activity on brownfields. These communities are distributed across the country
and vary by size, resources, and community type. A wide range of support from federal
agencies and tax incentives were leveraged, depending on the needs of each Showcase
Community. An important goal of this program was to develop national models that
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demonstrate the positive results of public and private collaboration to address brownfields
challenges. Showcase Communities were selected through a national competition in 1998 &
2000.
Showcase Communities
Recipient
Providence / State of Rhode Island
Showcase Communities Total:
Funding
$300,000
$300,000
Funding total current as of April 2010.
EPA NEW ENGLAND BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM CONTACTS
BROWNFIELDS SECTION CHIEF
Carol Tucker, 6 1 7-9 1 8- 1 22 1
tucker.carol@epa.gov
BROWNFIELDS COORDINATOR
Diane Kelley, 6 1 7-9 1 8- 1 424
kelley.diane@epa.gov
CLEANUP GRANT PROGRAM & STATE FUNDING
Jim Byrne, 6 1 7-9 1 8- 1 389
byrne.iames@epa.gov
JOB TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM
Kathleen Castagna, 6 1 7-9 1 8- 1 429
castagna.kathleen@epa.gov
PETROLEUM & ALL APPROPRIATE INQUIRIES
DorriePaar, 6 1 7-9 1 8- 1 432
paar.dorrie@epa.gov
SUSTAINABLE REUSE
Jessica Dominguez, 6 1 7-9 1 8- 1 627
dominguez.jessica@epa.gov
NATIONAL PANEL COORDINATOR
Jerry Minor-Gordon, 6 1 7-9 1 8- 1 3 1 2
minor-gordon.ierry@epa.gov
ASSESSMENT GRANT PROGRAM
Christine Lombard, 6 1 7-9 1 8- 1 305
lombard.chris@epa.gov
REVOLVING LOAN FUND GRANT PROGRAM
Joe Ferrari, 6 1 7-9 1 8- 1 1 05
ferrari.ioe@epa.gov
TARGETED BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
Alan Peterson, 6 1 7-9 1 8- 1 022
peterson.alan@epa.gov
ACRES
Frank Gardner, 6 1 7-9 1 8- 1 278
gardner.frank@epa.gov
RECOVERY ACT REPORTING & HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Amy Jean McKeown, 6 1 7-9 1 8- 1 248
mckeown.amyjean@epa.gov
DATA MANAGER
KenChamplin,6l7-9l8-l528
champlin.kenneth@epa.gov
Visit: www.epq.gov/reg/on 1 /brownfields
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