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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Mystic Valley Development Commission,
Everett, Maiden, and Medford, MA
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities.
and other stakeholders in economic development 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 compli-
cated 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 Mystic Valley Development Commission has been selected
to receive brownfields assessment and cleanup grants. The cities
of Everett, Maiden, and Medford have formed an innovative tri-
city partnership to create TeleCom City, a regional technology
development project planned for construction on a 200-acre
waterfront site on the outskirts of the three densely populated
cities. The project will convert the underused and decaying
industrial land into a state-of-the-art telecommunications research
and development park and a riverfront park for residents. The
TeleCom City project is an EPA Brownfields Showcase Com-
munity located in a state economic target area. The cities of
Everett, Maiden, and Medford have per capita incomes signifi-
cantly lower than the state average, and the poverty rate in the
project area is 36 percent higher than the statewide poverty rate.
MVDC plans to use a portion of the assessment grant to support
community outreach for the four sites to be assessed in Everett
and Medford. Cleanup grant funds also will be used to conduct
community involvement forthe former Mystic Plating Company
site. A Citizens Advisory Board, which includes residents from
all three cities, will facilitate communication between the MVDC
and local communities.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Mystic Valley Development
Commission (MVDC) for a brownfields assessment
grant. Grant funds will be used to conduct Phase II
assessments of two properties covering 17 acres along
the Maiden River in the City of Medford. Suspected
contaminants include polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) and lead. Hazardous substances grant funds
also will be used to conduct Phase I and II site assess-
ments at two sites. In Everett, petroleum grant funds
will be used to inventory brownfield properties and
gather information on potential sources of petroleum
contamination of properties in the project area. Based
on the results of the inventory, properties will be priori-
tized and grant funds will then be used to conduct Phase
I and Phase II site assessments for petroleum.
Cleanup Grant
$80,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Mystic Valley Development
Commission for a brownfields cleanup grant. Funds will
be used to complete a cleanup of contaminated soils on
the former Mystic Plating Company site in Medford. The
Mystic Plating Company was a metal-finishing and plating
facility that operated at the site from the 195 Os until 2001.
Surface soils at the site are contaminated by arsenic,
cadmium, chromium, lead, nickel, and zinc.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant con-
tacts, additional grant information, brownfields news
and events, and publications and links, visit the EPA
Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/brownfields/
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1210
http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Mystic Valley Development
Commission, MA 617-381-7711
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the Mystic Valley
Development Commission also received brownfields funding for
assessment, revolving loan fund, and Showcase Community grants.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-141
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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