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              Brownfields 2014 Assessment Grant Fact  Sheet
              1-195 Redevelopment District Commission, 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.
                    Assessment Grant

                    $200,000 for hazardous substances

                    EPA has selected the 1-195 Redevelopment
                    District Commission for a brownfields assessment
                    grant. Site-specific hazardous substances grant
                    funds will be used to conduct a Phase II
                    environmental site assessment and develop a
                    cleanup plan for 26 acres of vacant land within the
                    1-195 Redevelopment District in Providence.
                    Since the 1950s, this land was used for elevated
                    and non-elevated portions of Interstate 195 until
                    the site was decommissioned during the last
                    several years. Prior to that, the site was occupied
                    by various industrial and manufacturing entities.
                    Grant funds also will be used to support
                    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
                                                     617-918-1278
                                                     EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
                                                     (http://www.epa.gov/regionl/bro  wnfields)

                                                     Grant Recipient: 1-195 Redevelopment District
                                                     Commission,RI
                                                     401-383-5900

                                                     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-14-087
      May 2014

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