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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 Portland was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Portland has a population of
64,249. The project area lies between Portland's
downtown district and Interstate 295. This area is home
to some of the city's most vulnerable residents. Nearly a
quarter of Portland's foreign-born population lives in
the vicinity, 58 percent of residents are low-income,
and 90 percent of housing is renter-occupied. This
cleanup project includes a concrete cap that will serve
as the ground floor for a 500-space parking garage.  The
garage will be a springboard for construction of two
new office buildings that will bring 500 new jobs to the
community. This project is part of master plan that
includes additional office space, greenspace, and a
pedestrian/bicycle trail in Bayside Rail Yard.
                   Cleanup Grant

                   $150,000 for hazardous substances

                   EPA has selected the City of Portland for a
                   brownfields cleanup grant. The grant will be used to
                   clean up hazardous substances contamination at a
                   section of the Bayside Rail Yard. During rail yard
                   operations, soil at the site became contaminated with
                   arsenic, polychlorinated biphenyls, polyaromatic
                   hydrocarbons, and lead. Grant funds also will also be
                   used for community involvement activities.

                   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 Portland,ME
                   (207) 874-8725

                   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)
EPA560-F-04-176
        Jun 04

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