Brownfields 2012 Cleanup Grant Fact  Sheet
              Blackstone Valley Community Action Program, Pawtucket, Rl
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: Blackstone Valley Community Action
Program, RI
401-723-4520 ext 264

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 Blackstone Valley
                    Community Action Program for a brownfields
                    cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds
                    will be used to clean up the former Laurel Hill
                    Playground at 370 Lonsdale Avenue, Pawtucket.
                    The site was the location of an elementary school
                    for almost 100 years until its demolition in 1970. It
                    was then used as a playground but has been vacant
                    for 10 years. The subsurface is contaminated with
                    heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic
                    hydrocarbons  from the use of undocumented fill
                    materials. 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-12-047
      May 2012

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