I JBt; | Brownfields 2004 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Boston, 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 City of Boston was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. Boston has a population of
approximately 589,141. The city has more than 3,000
state-listed disposal sites, many of which are considered
brownfields. More than 600 of these sites are located in
the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods. The city has
targeted three areas for assessment grant activities:
Dorchester (population 92,115), South Boston/Roxbury
(population 56,658), and Hyde Park (population 31,749).
These areas were selected based on several factors,
including economic distress, levels of community
involvement and concern about environmental conditions,
and the amount of planning and community support.
About 22 percent of residents who live within a
one-half-mile radius of the targeted sites live in poverty.
Two of the sites are within a federally designated
Empowerment Zone, and four of the five sites targeted for
assessment are located within or near Boston Main
Streets areas. Boston Main Streets is an urban commercial
district program that brings technical knowledge of
business district revitalization to Boston neighborhoods
and fosters partnerships between local businesses and
corporations with a community presence.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$137,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Boston for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to perform
Phase I site assessments on two selected properties
and a Phase II assessment and associated activities
on a former solvent recycling property. The
results of the Phase II assessment may require the
development of cost estimates and remedial plans
for the property. Petroleum grant funds will be
used to conduct a Phase I site assessment at a
former automotive garage and a Phase II
assessment at two adjacent, government-owned
properties that were historically used as auto
service stations and repair garages. Funds also will
be used for community outreach.
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/bro wnfields )
Grant Recipient: City of Boston,MA
(617)635-0103
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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