Brownfields 2013 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Midcoast Economic Development District, Coastal Maine
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.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Midcoast Economic
Development District for two brownfields
assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to conduct up
to four Phase I and four Phase II environmental
site assessments, and develop four cleanup plans.
Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be
used to conduct up to six Phase I and six Phase II
environmental site assessments, and develop six
cleanup plans. Grant funds also will be used to
develop a brownfields site inventory, develop
ranking criteria to evaluate these sites, and conduct
community outreach activities. The District
intends to focus activities on three coastal towns:
Richmond, Topsham, and Thomaston.
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: Midcoast Economic
Development District,ME
207-370-6045
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-13-062
May 2013
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