•    Brownfields 2003 Assessment Grant  Fact Sheet
               Warwick, Rl
EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response
programs through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Warwick was selected to  receive an
assessment grant. Warwick, the second largest city in
Rhode Island, has a population of 86,000 and is a HUD
entitlement community. The city has many low- to
moderate-income areas. In some of these areas, up to 40
percent of residents have low to moderate incomes. The
city is focusing on petroleum-contaminated brownfields
in the Warwick Station Redevelopment District. Years
of industrial uses, including petroleum-related activities,
and a lack of investment has left the district in disrepair,
with several vacant lots and abandoned residential
homes. An inventory of selected sites in the
redevelopment district will identify those properties
needing cleanup. Redevelopment of selected properties
will expand economic opportunities and spur
private-sector investment in Warwick. While residents
of the district do not have formal community
organizations, they will be encouraged to participate in
ongoing reuse decisions and development of a master
plan for the area.
                   Assessment Grant

                   $150,000 for petroleum

                   EPA has selected the City of Warwick for a
                   brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be
                   used to inventory vacant and underused properties
                   contaminated by petroleum in the Warwick Station
                   Redevelopment District, conduct Phase I and Phase
                   II environmental assessments of priority sites, and
                   involve the community in decisions on sustainable
                   reuse of targeted sites. The District is targeted for
                   redevelopment as the Warwick State Intermodal
                   Facility.

                   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
                   (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).

                   EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
                   (617)918-1424
                   EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
                   (http: //www. epa.gov/region 1 /brownfields)

                   Grant Recipient: City of Warwick, RI
                   (401) 738-2000

                   The information presented in this fact sheet comes
                   from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
                   accuracy of this information. The cooperative
                   agreement for the grant has not yet been negotiated.
                   Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
                   subject to change.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 500-F-03-206
        Jun 03

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