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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 Grants
$400,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Providence Redevelopment
Agency for two brownfields cleanup grants.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
clean up Parcels A and B of the former American
Tourister property located at 70 Houghton Street.
Since 1876, the site was used to manufacture
cotton and worsted wool clothes. The mill went
through a variety of owners and eventually ended
up as part of the American Tourister Company in
1978. After changing hands several more times in
the 1990s, the mill became vacant. Contamination
at the site includes heavy metals, polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons, and volatile organic
compounds. 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: Providence Redevelopment
Agency,RI
401-680-8403
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-14-144
May 2014
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