Q \ Brownfields 2003 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
\	Mystic Valley Development Commission, Everett, Maiden, and
Medford, 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. 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 Mystic Valley Development Commission has been
selected to receive brownfields assessment and cleanup
grants. The cities of Everett, Maiden, and Medford have
formed an innovative tri-city partnership to create
TeleCom City, a regional technology development project
planned for construction on a 200-acre waterfront site on
the outskirts of the three densely populated cities. The
project will convert the underused and decaying industrial
land into a state-of-the-art telecommunications research
and development park and a riverfront park for residents.
The TeleCom City project is an EPA Brownfields
Showcase Community located in a state economic target
area. The cities of Everett, Maiden, and Medford have per
capita incomes significantly lower than the state average,
and the poverty rate in the project area is 36 percent
higher than the statewide poverty rate. MVDC plans to
use a portion of the assessment grant to support
community outreach for the four sites to be assessed in
Everett and Medford. Cleanup grant funds also will be
used to conduct community involvement for the former
Mystic Plating Company site. A Citizens Advisory Board,
which includes residents from all three cities, will
facilitate communication between the MVDC and local
communities.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Mystic Valley Development
Commission (MVDC) for a brownfields
assessment grant. Grant funds will be used to
conduct Phase II assessments of two properties
covering 17 acres along the Maiden River in the
City of Medford. Suspected contaminants include
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and
lead. Hazardous substances grant funds also will
be used to conduct Phase I and II site assessments
at two sites. In Everett, petroleum grant funds will
be used to inventory brownfield properties and
gather information on potential sources of
petroleum contamination of properties in the
project area. Based on the results of the inventory,
properties will be prioritized and grant funds will
then be used to conduct Phase I and Phase II site
assessments for petroleum.
Cleanup Grant
$80,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Mystic Valley Development
Commission for a brownfields cleanup grant.
Funds will be used to complete a cleanup of
contaminated soils on the former Mystic Plating
Company site in Medford. The Mystic Plating
Company was a metal-finishing and plating
facility that operated at the site from the 1950s
until 2001. Surface soils at the site are
contaminated by arsenic, cadmium, chromium,
lead, nickel, and zinc.
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).
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 500-F-03-141
June 2003

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EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
(617) 918-1424
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/regionl/bro wnfields )
Grant Recipient: Mystic Valley Development
Commission,MA
(617)381-7711
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
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
Solid Waste
EPA 500-F-03-141
June 2003

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