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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. 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
Bartlett Place Land, Inc., was selected to receive three
brownfields cleanup grants. The target sites are in the
Roxbury neighborhood (population 55,663) of Boston.
Roxbury is a low-to-moderate income community.
Almost 49 percent of residents are African-American
and 21 percent are Latino. Hundreds of properties in the
neighborhood have been foreclosed, and 24 percent of
residents live below the poverty level. There are
approximately 34 acres of brownfields in Roxbury,
many of which are former manufacturing facilities that
left the area in the 1980s. These facilities are now
underused and potentially contaminated. Once the three
target sites are cleaned up, they will be part of a
redevelopment project planned for the Bartlett Yard
facility that is expected to include 312 mixed-income
homes and apartments, retail space, and public
greenspace. Plans call for Lot 1 to include two
apartment buildings and retail space. Lot 3 is expected
to be redeveloped with a 44-unit apartment building.
Lot 4 is expected to be redeveloped for 35 affordable
apartments for seniors. Redevelopment is expected to
generate more than 400 construction jobs, 100
permanent jobs, and $400,000 in annual tax revenue.
Cleanup Grants
$600,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected Bartlett Place Land, Inc., for three
brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up Lots 1, 3, and 4
of the Bartlett Yard facility at 2565 Washington
Street in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. The
8.5-acre facility was formerly used as a bus
maintenance garage, parking garage, refueling depot,
and rail yard. All three lots are contaminated with
PCBs, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and
metals. Grant funds also will be used to conduct
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: Bartlett Place Land, Inc.,MA
617-989-1207
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)
E PA 560-F-128-004
May 11
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