Brownfields 2014 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
The Neighborhood Corporation, Taunton, 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.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Neighborhood Corporation
for a brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to clean up Lot
C-l at the former NuBrite Chemical Company
facility at 10 First Street in Taunton. The NuBrite
Chemical Company operated from 1937 to 1992
as a chemical and paint manufacturing facility. In
2007, the 2.7-acre property was sold and divided
into five lots. Lot C-l was the core of the NuBrite
manufacturing facility and the most heavily
impacted. Contamination at the 1.4-acre lot
includes PCBs, metals, and pesticides. 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: The Neighborhood
Corporation,MA
508-821-9347
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-14-179
May 2014
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