Brownfields 2010 Cleanup Grant Fact  Sheet
               Saco, ME
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. In
2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help
states and communities around the country cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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 Saco was selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. Saco (population 16,822) is located on
the Atlantic coast in York County, the southernmost
county in Maine. The city has a long history of
manufacturing and industrial property use.  There are at
least 20 potential brownfields totaling about 200 acres
in the city. Redevelopment of older mill space in
downtown Saco has slowed or been set aside. Saco"s
tax revenue is insufficient to fund necessary cleanups.
The target property is adjacent to Goosefare Brook, part
of a 3,875-acre watershed within Saco. Nonpoint source
runoff from industrial operations threatens the brook.
Cleanup of the target site will allow the city to
redevelop the building on the site to support its public
works operations.
                   Cleanup Grant

                   $200,000 for hazardous substances

                   EPA has selected the City of Saco for a brownfields
                   cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will
                   be used to clean up the former Saco Steel
                   Company/Earth Waste Systems site at 29 Lund
                   Road. Beginning in 1979, the Saco Steel Company
                   operated a scrap metal recycling facility at the site.
                   Earth Waste Systems operated the property from
                   1997 to 2000. The soil, surface water, and
                   groundwater are contaminated with metals, volatile
                   organic compounds, PCBs, and other hazardous
                   substances.

                   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 Saco,ME
                   207-284-6641

                   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 560-F-10-023
         Apr 10

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