Brownfields 2012 Cleanup Grant  Fact Sheet
               Wilton, 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.

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
617-918-1429
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/)

Grant Recipient: Town  of Wilton, ME
207-645-4961

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.
                     Cleanup Grant

                     $200,000 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected the Town of Wilton for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the 15-acre
                     former Wilton Tanning facility located at 833 U.S.
                     Route 2. The site operated as a tanning facility
                     from 1959 until 1996. The facility was used for
                     storage from 2003 to 2010. Contamination at the
                     site includes tetrachloroethylene originating from
                     a former dry cleaner, vinyl chloride, chromium,
                     and inorganic contaminants. These contaminants
                     have affected soil, groundwater, and soil gas.
                     Grant funds also will be used to conduct
                     community outreach activities.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-044
      May 2012

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