U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Brownfields 2016 Grant Fact Sheet
Merrimac, 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 Grants
$530,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Town of Merrimac for three brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up Parcels #3-1-7, #3-1-8, and #3-1-20 of the Coastal Metals
property at 2 Littles Court. The Coastal Metals property has been abandoned since 2002 and was
previously used as a carriage manufacturing factory, brass foundry, and metals plating facility. The
three parcels are contaminated with chlorinated solvents, heavy metals, and cyanide in the soil and
groundwater. 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/brownfieldsy
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land-
revitalization-connecticut-maine-massachusetts-new-hampshire-rhode#pane-l
Grant Recipient: Town of Merrimac, MA
978-346-0524
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 Office of Land and EPA 560-F-16-089
Environmental Emergency May 2016
Protection Agency Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460
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