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EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownflelds Program empowers states, communities,
arid other stake holders to work together to prevent, assess,
safely clean up, arid sustainably reuse brownfields. h
browniield site is real property, the expansion, redevelopment,
or reuse of which maybe complicated by the presence or
potential presence of a hazard:us substance, pollutant, or
contaminant. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief arid
Brownfields Re vitalize tion Act was passed to help states arid
communities around the country clean up arid revitalize
brownfields sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial
assistance to eligible applicants through competitive grant
programs for brownfields site assessment, site cleanup,
revolving loan funds, area-wide planning, ard job training.
Additional fundirg support is provided to state arid tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Program
EPA's Brownfields Are a-Wide Planning
Program assists communities in responding
to local brownfields challenges,
particularly where multiple brown fie Id
sites are in close proximity, connected by
infrastructure, and limit the economic,
environmental and social prosperity of
their surroundings. This program enhances
EPA's core brownfields assistance
programs by providing grant funding to
communities so they can perform the
research needed to develop an area-wide
plan and implementation strategies for
brownfields assessment, cleanup, and
reuse. The resulting area-wide plans
provide direction for future brownfields
area improvements that are protective of
public health and the environment,
economically viable, and reflective of the
community's vision for the area.
Project Description
$200,000.00
EPA has selected the City of Providence as a
brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant recipient.
The city will work with the community and other
stakeholders to develop an area-wide plan and
implementation strategy for the Woonasquatucket
River Industrial Corridor, as well as support site
design and redevelopment options for the former
General Electric Baseworks site. This site, the
project's catalyst, high-priority site, is a former
manufacturing facility that currently is vacant and
contaminated. It is located on the banks of the
Woonasquatucket River and at the key
intersection of two major roads, and is uniquely
situated to yield high-impact reuse and
redevelopment opportunities for the local
community. The city will use the area-wide
planning process to convene stakeholders who are
currently engaged in the project area to develop a
cohesive vision that ties together numerous
ongoing initiatives and redevelopment efforts. In
addition, the project will leverage resources for the
assessment and cleanup of the catalyst site, which
will move it toward redevelopment as a mixed-use
site that is expected to enhance the community's
connection and access to the river, stimulate
economic development, and create jobs. Key
partners who will work with the city on this
project include the East Coast Greenway
Alliance, General Electric, Trust for Pub lie Land,
and Woonasquatucket River Watershed
Council.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant contacts, additional
grant information, brownfields news arid events, arid publications and
links, visit the EPA Brownfields Web site
(htt p:// www.e pa .gcvJbro wnfie Ids).
United States
Environmental
Protedicn Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
ard Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-17-001A
Januay 2017

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EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
(617) 918-1627
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-connecticut-
maine-massachusetts-new-hampshire-rhode)
Grant Recipient: City of Providence, RI
(401) 680-8534
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-17-001A
January 2017

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