Brownfields 2012 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Westmass Area Development Corporation, Ludlow, MA
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: Westmass Area Development
Corporation, MA
413-593-6421
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 Westmass Area
Development Corporation for a brownfields
cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds
will be used to clean up the Ludlow Mills complex
located at 100 State Street, Ludlow. The site has
been a major manufacturing center for over 100
years, producing a variety of products, including
textiles, jute, and gun barrels. The complex is
contaminated with inorganic contaminants. Grant
funds also will be used for community outreach
activities.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-037
May 2012
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