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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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