Brownfields 2013 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Brewer Redevelopment, LLC, Brewer, 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.
Cleanup Grants
$400,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected Brewer Redevelopment, LLC,
for two brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to clean up the
former Middle School at 5 Somerset Street in
Brewer. The 0.9-acre site was formerly used as a
residential property, an artillery storage building,
and a middle school. Site soil is contaminated with
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and the
building contains hazardous building materials,
including metals and PCB containing products.
Grant funds also will be used to clean up the
former State Street School at 131 State Street in
Brewer. The 3.7-acre site was formerly used as an
elementary school and is contaminated with
hazardous building materials. The site's
groundwater also is contaminated with benzene.
Grant funds will be used at both sites 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
617-918-1429
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region01/br ownfields/)
Grant Recipient: Brewer Redevelopment, LLC,ME
207-989-7500
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-13-052
May 2013
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