)   Brownfields 2012 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
    *         Springfield Regional Development Corporation, VT
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: Springfield Regional Development
Corporation, VT
802-885-3061

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 Springfield Regional
                     Development Corporation for a brownfields
                     cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds
                     will be used to clean up the former Jones and
                     Lamson Plant #1 at 160 Clinton Street. The
                     facility was used for the manufacture of precision
                     metal parts from 1907 until its closure in 1985.
                     The facility is contaminated with chlorinated
                     volatile organic compounds, heavy metals, PCBs,
                     and various other hazardous substances. 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-12-053
      May 2012

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