Brownfields 2014 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Pawtucket Citizens Development Corporation, 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
$400,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Pawtucket Citizens
Development Corporation for two brownfields
cleanup grants. Hazardous substances grant funds
will be used to clean up Plat 6A
-Lot 1 located at 30 Branch Street and
Plat 6A-Lot 2 located at 41 Branch Street.
Both sites were used for residential
purposes from the late 1800s until the
1970s. The buildings have since been
demolished, and the sites have been
subject to illegal dumping and the
overgrowth of invasive scrub vegetation.
Contamination is believed to have come
from residential heating systems, building
debris, and other urban fill materials.
Contaminants of concern include heavy
metals and other hazardous substances.
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
617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/regionl/bro wnfields)
Grant Recipient: Pawtucket Citizens Development
Corporation,RI
401-726-1173
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-14-138
May 2014
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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-14-138
May 2014
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