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   JR?1    Brownfields 2014 Cleanup  Grant Fact  Sheet
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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 Grant

                     $200,000 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected the Town of Kittery for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the Wood
                     Island Life  Saving Station site located on Wood
                     Island on the Piscataqua River. From 1908 to
                     1953, the site functioned as United States Navy
                     Barracks, a Coast Guard Station, and an
                     observation station. The building is contaminated
                     with hazardous building materials, including
                     metals and inorganic contaminants, and hazardous
                     animal wastes have accumulated on the floors
                     since the building has been vacant. Grant funds
                     also will be used to conduct community
                     involvement 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: Town of Kittery,ME
                                                      207-475-1323

                                                      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-14-094
      May 2014

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