^ Brownfields 2009 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
'%n«X' Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point, 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.
Community Description
The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point was selected
to receive a brownfields assessment grant. Located in
southeastern Maine, the Passamaquoddy Tribe will target
four towns and one unorganized territory (combined
population 5,514) in Washington County for assessment
activities. In the town of Perry, one of the four targeted
towns, 45 percent of residents are Native American. Over
29 percent of Perry residents live below the poverty level,
and the average household income is 62 percent of the
state average. Unemployment is 3.4 times higher in Perry
than in both the state and nation. The tribe's current
brownfields inventory contains illegal dump sites and
abandoned properties located next to surface water bodies
or residential areas. These sites have not been
investigated, and uncertainties regarding contamination
have prevented the tribe from using them. Brownfield
assessments will provide information about
contamination, and allow the tribe to explore options for
site cleanup and reuse. Assessments also are expected to
help ensure that lands used for ceremonial and sustenance
purposes are not contaminated.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Passamaquoddy Tribe at
Pleasant Point for a brownfields assessment grant.
Community-wide hazardous substances grant
funds will be used to identify and prioritize
brownfield sites in tribally owned fee lands and
reservation property in Washington County. Grant
funds also will be used to conduct four Phase I and
three Phase II environmental site assessments,
prepare cleanup plans, and support community
outreach 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/regionl/bro wnfields)
Grant Recipient: Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant
Point,ME
(207) 853-2600 ext 245
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)
EPA560-F-09-164
May 2009
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