Brownfields 2014 Revolving Loan Fund Grant
Fact Sheet
Salem, MA
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.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$700,000 for hazardous substances
$250,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Salem for a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund
from which the City of Salem will provide loans
and subgrants to support cleanup activities for
sites contaminated with hazardous substances and
petroleum. Grant funds also will be used to market
the revolving loan fund, conduct cleanup planning
and oversight, and perform community outreach
activities. RLF activities will be conducted in the
City of Salem and the City of Peabody, Salem's
coalition partner.
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: City of Salem,MA
978-619-5685
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-14-155
May 2014
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