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Brownfields 2016 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
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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
$530,000for 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/brownfields).
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
(617)918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
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maine-massachusetts-new-hampshire-rhode# pane-1 )
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.
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