) Brownfields 2013 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
~ Weiv England Youth Theatre, Brattleboro, 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.
Cleanup Grants
$400,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the New England Youth Theatre
for two brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to clean up
two adjoining sites: 100 Flat Street and 56 Elm
Street in Brattleboro. The 1.3-acre Flat Street site
was used as a lumber yard from 1896 to 1967. The
theater is the only building remaining on the site.
Environmental concerns at the site include
contamination that may have migrated from
adjoining sites such as 56 Elm Street, including
PCBs, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals,
and arsenic. Over the years, the 0.09-acre 56 Elm
Street site was used as a livery building,
automobile repair facility, and lacquer storage area
for a paint shop on the site. Environmental
concerns at the Elm Street site are related to the
more than a century of commercial and industrial
use of the property, including polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons, PCBs, and metals in soil. Grant
funds also will be used to conduct 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
617-918-1429
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region01/br ownfields/)
Grant Recipient: New England Youth Theatre,VT
802-246-6398
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-13-063
May 2013
-------
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-13-063
May 2013
------- |