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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
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EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, 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 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 Trust for Public Land of Boston, Massachusetts,
was selected to receive a cleanup grant. The trust has
targeted a former landfill in the Woonasquatucket
River greenway of downtown Providence. The site
borders an American Heritage River and a designated
Enterprise Community/Empowerment Zone. It also is
part of Rhode Island's brownfields pilot program and
brownfields Showcase Community project, which
targets several brownfields in the area. The three
neighborhoods surrounding the site have populations
under 6,000 and have a higher proportion of Hispanics
than the rest of the city. The poverty level in these
neighborhoods is 37 percent. Discovery of the landfill
has delayed construction of soccer fields and safe
greenspace for these neighborhoods, which have less
Cleanup Grant
$200, 000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Trust for Public Land of
Boston, Massachusetts, for a brownfields
cleanup grant. The grant will be used to conduct
cleanup activities at a two-acre trust-owned
property, the former Lincoln Lace and Braid site
in the Woonasquatucket River greenway of
downtown Providence, Rhode Island. A site
assessment indicates that this vacant lot contains
an approximately 80,000-square foot landfill with
typical household waste.
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 at:
www.epa.gov/brownfields.
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1210
http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Trust for Public Land of Boston,
MA
617-367-6200x301
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the Trust
for Public Land of Boston, MA, has not received
brownfields grant funding.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
than the citywide and national averages for urban
parkland. The Trust for Public Land has a communi-
cation strategy that involves local community groups,
organizations, schools, businesses, and churches in the
project.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 500-F-03-201
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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