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Gardiner, ME
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. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and
communities around the country cleanup and revitalize
brownfields sites. Under this 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.
Assessment Grant
$200,000for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Gardiner for a brownfields assessment
grant. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used
to conduct four Phase I and four Phase II environmental site assessments.
Grant funds also will be used to develop cleanup plans and conduct
community outreach activities.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Gardiner for a brownfields cleanup grant.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to clean up the TW Dick
property at 24 and 59 Summer Street. The property dates back to the
1800s and was formerly used for foundries, machine shops, and steel
fabricating activities. It is contaminated with arsenic, mercury,
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and PCBs. Grant funds also will be
used to conduct community outreach activities.
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)918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
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maine-massachusetts-new-hampshire-rhode# pane-1 )
Grant Recipient: City of Gardiner, ME
(207) 582-4200
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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