Brownfields 2014 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Olneyville Housing Corporation, Providence, 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.
Cleanup Grants
$411,685 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Olneyville Housing
Corporation for three brownfields cleanup grants.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
clean up three sites in the Paragon Mills Complex
in Providence: Lot 432/former filling station site at
148 Delaine Street, Lot 443/parking area at 31
Manton Avenue, and Lot 573/Mill Buildings at 39
Manton Avenue. The former textile mill complex
dates from the 1890s through the early 1950s and
has fallen into disrepair. The three cleanup sites
are contaminated with semi-volatile organic
compounds and metals.
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
617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/regionl/bro wnfields)
Grant Recipient: Olneyville Housing
Corporation,RI
401-351-8719 ext 107
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-14-132
May 2014
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