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Lewiston, ME
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
EPA has selected the City of Lewiston for a Brownfields
Pilot. The declining fortunes of the New England textiles
industry has adversely affected the City of Lewiston
(population 39,757). The main focus of brownfields
cleanup and redevelopment in Lewiston is the 1.2
million-square-foot Bates Mill Complex. Historically, the
eleven-building mill complex employed more than 5,000
people and was the state's largest employer. Economic
decline and massive layoffs, however, have resulted in a
large abandoned mill and a barren downtown. In the
community surrounding the mill, unemployment is
16.1%, compared to 7.5% for the entire city. The poverty
rate in this community is 47.3%, while the rate for the
city is only 3.9%. Revitalization of Lewiston's downtown
and waterfront depends upon returning the Bates Mill
Complex to productive use.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/06/1998
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets the 1.2 million-square-foot
Bates Mill Complex; in 1950, the textile mill was
responsible for one-third of the nation's textiles
produced.
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/regionl/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Lewiston,ME
(207) 784-2951 ext315
Because total renovation is estimated to cost between $70
and $100 million, the city has renovated the cleanest and
most desirable sections of the mill first. Signs of the
mill's rejuvenation are beginning to show, with 24 small Activities
businesses and 300 people operating in two sections of
the complex. Real and perceived environmental
contamination hampers development of the remaining
67% of the complex. A Phase I environmental site
assessment has already taken place. Without the Pilot,
Objectives
Lewiston's objective is to use the Bates Mill Complex as
an anchor for downtown cleanup and economic
redevelopment, and as a catalyst for community job
creation. Lewiston plans to use Pilot funds to overcome
barriers to mill renovation posed by the most
contaminated sections of the complex. Initial Pilot
funding will be used for site assessment, site
identification, and site characterization. Roundtable
discussions with stakeholders will then produce an
action plan for cleanup. Those discussions will also
help to identify additional investors and creative
financing solutions.
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
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• Performing a Phase II environmental site
assessment of the Bates Mill Complex, including
a chemical and waste inventory, and sampling
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assessment of the most contaminated parts of the mill,
and developers may avoid such properties with unknown
potential environmental cleanup costs.
and analysis of equipment rooms, sumps,
drainage ways, cross canals and mill raceways;
•	Compiling contamination data for the complex;
•	Building community participation through
roundtable discussions and workshops to identify
community needs, stakeholders, and underlying
concerns;
•	Creating a stakeholder-generated action plan for
cleanup and revitalization of the mill complex;
and
•	Identifying ways to leverage existing resources
with new ones identified during the Pilot process.
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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Brownfields 1998 Supplemental Assessment
Pilot Fact Sheet
City of Lewiston, Maine
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
EPA awarded the City of Lewiston supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot. With the decline of the New England textile
industry, the City of Lewiston (population 39,800) was
left with a stagnant downtown center and a polluted
river. The Androscoggin River has been cleaned up, and
Lewiston's downtown and waterfront is being energized
by redevelopment efforts underway at the once
abandoned 1.2 million square-foot Bates Mill Complex,
which has been the focus of the city's brownfields
cleanup and redevelopment efforts. The city plans to
build on the momentum of the Bates Mill Complex
redevelopment by assessing, cleaning up, and
redeveloping the nearby W.S. Libbey Mill site and two
smaller properties along the city's western gateway.
A conference and performing arts center is planned for
the two-acre W.S. Libbey Mill site, which consists of
three interconnected buildings, a pump house, and a
loading dock for the former textile mill. There also is
significant interest in economic redevelopment of small
properties at 51 Middle Street and 46 Chapel Street,
which occupy a potentially contaminated landfill behind
the L.L. Bean telemarketing center. These Gateway
Initiative projects, most of which are located within the
city's recently designated federal Enterprise Community,
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/06/1998
Amount: $150,000
Profile: City of Lewiston, Maine. The Pilot plans to
further Lewiston's revitalization by conducting
assessments and redevelopment planning for the
two-acre W.S. Libbey Mill site and two smaller
properties along the city's western gateway.
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/regionl/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Lewiston,ME
(207) 784-2951 ext315
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Objectives
Lewiston's objective is to accelerate its transformation
by undertaking several projects that will attract more
people into the city's revitalized downtown and
waterfront area. Lewiston will use the supplemental
assistance to complete Phase II environmental site
assessments that will provide the final descriptions of
environmental conditions at the W.S. Libbey Mill, 51
Middle Street, and 46 Chapel Street sites.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
•	Conducting a Phase II environmental site
assessment at the W.S. Libbey Mill site;
•	Conducting Phase II environmental site
assessments, including hydrogeological,
geochemical, and subsurface geological
investigations to determine the source and extent
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of contamination at the 51 Middle Street and 46
Chapel Street sites; and
• Conducting outreach and community
involvement activities.
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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Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
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Brownfields 1998 Supplemental Assessment
Pilot Fact Sheet
City of Lewiston, ME
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
EPA awarded the City of Lewiston supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot. The declining fortunes of the New England textiles
industry has adversely affected the City of Lewiston
(population 39,757). The main focus of brownfields
cleanup and redevelopment in Lewiston will continue to
be the 1.2 million-square-foot Bates Mill Complex.
Historically, the eleven-building mill complex employed
more than 5,000 people and was the state's largest
employer. Economic decline and massive layoffs,
however, have resulted in a large abandoned mill and a
barren downtown. In the community surrounding the
mill, unemployment is 16.1 percent, compared to 7.5
percent for the entire city. The poverty rate in this
community is 47.3 percent, while the rate for the city is
only 3.9 percent. Lewiston has been designated as a
federal Enterprise Community.
Revitalization of Lewiston's downtown and waterfront
depends upon returning the Bates Mill Complex to
productive use. Because total renovation is estimated to
cost between $70 and $100 million, the city has
renovated the cleanest and most desirable sections of the
mill first. Signs of the mill's rejuvenation are beginning
to show, with several small businesses operating and
hundreds of employees working in two sections of the
comnlex. Real and ncrccived environmental
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 03/01/2000
Amount: $75,000
Profile: City of Lewiston, ME. The Pilot targets the
1.2 million-square-foot Bates Mill Complex; in 1950,
the textile mill was responsible for one-third of the
nation's textiles produced.
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/regionl/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Lewiston,ME
(207) 784-2951 ext315
Objectives
Lewiston's objective is to use the Bates Mill Complex as
an anchor for downtown cleanup and economic
redevelopment and as a catalyst for community job
creation. Lewiston will use the supplemental assistance
to continue assessments on the existing Mill Complex
and to conduct assessments on adjacent properties that
will become part of the complex in the near future. The
Pilot will focus the assessments on several specific
environmental impacts that were identified through the
initial assessment work.
To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:
•	Conduct a detailed property-wide soil
assessment for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) that present a potential threat to human
health during redevelopment activities;
•	Conduct a subsurface assessment to determine
the nature and extent of contamination near Mill
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contamination, however, continue to hamper
development of the remaining portions of the complex.
Approximately 30 percent of the mill has been assessed,
with an initial focus on those areas that will be purchased
in the near future. The results of the initial assessment
work indicates that additional time and resources are
needed to produce even greater results at the complex.
•	Conduct assessments on several adjacent
properties, located along Lincoln Street, that are
being acquired as part of the Mill Complex
project;
•	Develop a comprehensive cleanup design plan;
•	Expand the strategic planning and community
involvement efforts and the public information
programs to facilitate cleanup and redevelopment
of the Mill Complex.
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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