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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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
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.
Community Description
The Trust for Public Land of Boston, Massachusetts,
was selected to receive a cleanup grant. The trust has
targeted a former landfill in the Woonasquatucket River
greenway of downtown Providence. The site borders an
American Heritage River and a designated Enterprise
Community/Empowerment Zone. It also is part of
Rhode Island's brownfields pilot program and
brownfields Showcase Community project, which
targets several brownfields in the area. The three
neighborhoods surrounding the site have populations
under 6,000 and have a higher proportion of Hispanics
than the rest of the city. The poverty level in these
neighborhoods is 37 percent. Discovery of the landfill
has delayed construction of soccer fields and safe
greenspace for these neighborhoods, which have less
than the citywide and national averages for urban
parkland. The Trust for Public Land has a
communication strategy that involves local community
groups, organizations, schools, businesses, and
churches in the project.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Trust for Public Land of
Boston, Massachusetts, for a brownfields cleanup
grant. The grant will be used to conduct cleanup
activities at a two-acre trust-owned property, the
former Lincoln Lace and Braid site in the
Woonasquatucket River greenway of downtown
Providence, Rhode Island. A site assessment
indicates that this vacant lot contains an
approximately 80,000-square foot landfill with
typical household waste.
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) 918-1424
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http: //www. epa.gov/region 1 /brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Trust for Public Land, CT
(617) 367-6200 ext 301
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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