2008 New England Brownfields Maine Grant Fact Sheet Summary


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EPA New England
"The term 'brownfield site' means 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(from the federal Brownfields Act of
2002)
Summary of Brownfields Program
Originally begun as an EPA initiative in January 1995, the US EPA National Brownfields
Program has since evolved into a collaborative effort involving many federal, state and local
partners. In January 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization
Act ("the Brownfields law") was signed. This law expanded potential federal assistance for
Brownfields revitalization, including grants for assessment, cleanup, and job training. The law
also includes provisions to establish and enhance state and tribal response programs, which
will continue to play a critical role in the successful cleanup and revitalization of brownfields.
Below is a summary of the US EPA Region 1 funding for each of the key Brownfields initiatives.
EPA Brownfields Funding in New England: Program Distribution by State (1994-2008)*
Program
CT
ME
MA
NH
RI
VT
Total
Assessment
Grants
410.148.630
45.909.017
420.720.131
44.229.000
42.703.000
48.310.000
$52,019,778
Revolving
Loan Fund
(RLF) Grants
49.529.645
45.568.355
413.668.000
44.201.790
45.690.000
42.000.000
$40,657,790
Cleanup
Grants
46.285.500
42.580.744
48.475.033
41.800.000
44.400.000
$0
$23,541,277
Job Training
Grants
41.740.264
4200.000
42.088.799
$0
4350.000
$0
$4,379,063
EPA Targeted
Assessments
(TBA)
42.177.470
4426.339
43.743.869
4398.926
4314.217
4266.621
$7,327,442
State & Tribal
Brownfields
Funding
46.942.301
45.574.137
49.407.315
47.834.017
46.150.853
42.976.108
$38,884,731
Showcase
Communities
4300.000
$0
4800.000
$0
4300.000
$0
$1,400,000
Total
$37,123,810
$20,258,592
$58,903,147
$18,463,733
$19,908,070
$13,552,729
$168,210,081
*Funding total current as of April 2008
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Assessment Grant Program
State, tribal, and local governments are eligible to apply for funding to inventory,
characterize, assess, and conduct planning and community involvement related to brownfield
sites. Applicants may apply for $200,000 to address sites contaminated by hazardous
substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with
petroleum) and $200,000 to address sites contaminated by petroleum. A community-wide
proposal is one in which sites are not specifically identified. The performance period of these
grants is three years and recipients are selected through an annual national competition.
The figures in the table that follows are cumulative totals for all Assessment Grants awarded
in Maine since 1 994.
Assessment Grant Program
Recipient
2008 Funding
Total Funding
Auburn

$200,000
Androscoaain Vallev Council of Governments
$200,000
$400,000
Bath

$400,000
Brewer

$350,000
Brunswick

$150,000
Ellsworth

$200,000
Hancock County Planning Commission
$200,000
$200,000
Kennebec Vallev Council of Governments
$200,000
$400,000
Lewiston

$625,000
Maine State Planning Office

$199,017
Northern Maine Development Commission

$200,000
Portland

$535,000
Sanford
$200,000
$400,000
Southern Maine Reaional Plannina Commission
$400,000
$1,000,000
Westbrook

$650,000
Assessment Grant Program Total:
$1,200,000
$5,909,017*
*Funding total current as of April 2008.

Revolving Loan Fund Grant Program
State, tribal, and local governments are eligible to apply for funding to capitalize a revolving
loan fund (RLF) and to provide subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfields sites.
Applicants may apply for $1,000,000 to address sites contaminated by petroleum and
hazardous substances. Two or more eligible entities may team together to form a coalition to
pool their revolving loan funds. Revolving loan funds generally are used to provide no-interest
or low-interest loans for brownfields cleanups. An RLF grant recipient may also use up to 40%
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of the awarded funds to award subgrants to other eligible entities, including nonprofit
organizations, for brownfields cleanups on sites owned by the subgrantee. A grant recipient
cannot subgrant to itself. An RLF grant requires a 20% cost share. The performance period of
these grants is five years and recipients are selected through an annual national competition.
The figures in the table that follows are cumulative totals for all Revolving Loan Fund Grants
awarded in Maine since 1 994.
Revolving Loan Fund Program
Recipient
Funding
Bath
$750,000
Brewer
$1,000,000
Lewiston
$725,000
Orono
$38,355
Portland
$855,000
Southern Maine Reaional Plannina Commission
$1,000,000
Westbrook
$1,200,000
Revolving Loan Fund Program Total:
$5,568,355*
*Funding total current as of April 2008.
Cleanup Grant Program
State, tribal, local governments and nonprofits are eligible to apply for funding to carry out
cleanup activities at Brownfields sites that they own. Applicants may apply for $200,000 per
site to address sites contaminated by petroleum and/or hazardous substances. Cleanup
grants require a 20% cost share. Eligible applicants must own the site for which it is
requesting funding in order to qualify. The performance period of these grants is three years
and recipients are selected through an annual national competition. The figures in the table
that follows are cumulative totals for all Cleanup Grants awarded in Maine since 2003.
Cleanup Grant Program
Recipient
Site
2008 Funding
Total Funding
Municipalities
Brunswick
Maine Street Station - Pocket Park 1, 210
Maine Street

$200,000
Maine Street Station - Pocket Park 2, 210
Maine Street

$200,000
Maine Street Station - Pocket Park 3, 210
Maine Street

$200,000
Camden
Apollo Tannery, 116 Washington Street

$200,000
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Recipient
Site
2008 Funding
Total Funding
Lewiston
Androscoggin Mill No. 8 Site, 15 Locust Street
$200,000
$200,000
W.S. Libbey Mill Site, 6 Mill Street

$200,000
Oakland
Cascade Mill Site, 60 Cascade Mill Road
$200,000
$200,000
Pittsfield
Eelweir Road Site
$40,000
$40,000
Portland
Bayside Rail Yard

$150,000
Westbrook
Former Haskell Silk Co. Mill, 895 Main Street

$200,000
Non-Profit Organizations
Brewer - South
Brewer
Redevelopment, LLC
Eastern Fine Paper Mill, 517 South Main
Street

$200,000
Eastern Fine Paper Mill, 519 South Main
Street
$200,000
$200,000
Eastern Fine Paper Mill, Oak Street
$200,000
$200,000
Norwav - Downtown
Revitalization
Corporation
Cummings Mill, 8 Pikes Hill Road

$68,000
Peru - River Vallev
Growth Council
Diamond Match Mill, 1 Mill Road

$122,744
Cleanup Grant Program Total:
$840,000
$2,580,744*
*Funding total current as of April 2008.
Job Training Grant Program
State, tribal, local governments and non-profits are eligible to apply for funding to assist
residents of communities impacted by Brownfields take advantage of jobs created by the
assessment and cleanup of brownfields. Applicants may apply for $200,000 and must be
located within or near a Brownfields Assessment Grant community. The Job Training Grant
Program's goals are to prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental field and
to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites contaminated with hazardous substances. The
performance period of these grants is two years and recipients are selected through an
annual national competition. The figures in the table that follows are cumulative totals for all
Job Training Grants awarded in Maine since 1 994.
Job Training Grant Program
Recipient
Funding
Lewiston
$200,000
Job Training Grant Program Total:
$200,000*
*Funding total current as of April 2008.
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Targeted Brownfielps Assessments fTBAI
One of EPA's non-grant programs is the Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) Program.
TBAs are conducted by an EPA contractor on behalf of municipalities or non-profits. This is a
"grant of services" where an EPA contractor performs the site assessment. The purpose of a
TBA is to minimize the uncertainties associated with actual or perceived contamination that
complicates the redevelopment of vacant or underutilized properties. The average value of
these assessments is $100,000. There is usually one round of selections per year and
applications are accepted at any time. The Brownfields Law expanded the TBA program's
eligible sites to also include those contaminated solely by petroleum products. Call Jim Byrne
at (617) 918-1389 for more information. Below is a summary of the sites and amount of
TBA funding received in Maine since 1997.
EPA Targeted Brownfields Assessments
Recipient
Site
Approx. Value of
Assessment
Lewiston
W.S. Libbev Mill Site, 6 Mill Street
$71,294
Lewiston & Auburn Railroad Co., 8 Water Street
$60,151
Old Town
Lilv Tulip, North Main Street
$18,966
Orono
Avers Island, One Avers Island
$111,770
Peru
Diamond Match Mill, Mill Street
$164,158
EPA-Lead Targeted Brownfields Assessments Total:
$426,339*
*Funding total current as of April 2008.
State Brownfields Funding
States and tribes play a significant role in identifying, cleaning up and redeveloping
brownfield properties. EPA provides up to $50 million annually in grants to states and tribes
to establish or enhance their response programs that address the assessment, cleanup, and
redevelopment of brownfields. States and tribes can use this funding to establish or expand
voluntary cleanup programs, perform environmental assessments and cleanups, capitalize a
cleanup revolving loan fund, purchase environmental insurance, establish or maintain a
public record of sites, oversee cleanups, and to conduct site specific activities. Below is a
summary of the amount of funding received in Maine since 1 994.
State & Tribal Brownfields Funding
Recipient
Funding
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
$5,499,137
Passamaauoddv Tribe - Sioavik Environmental Department
$75,000
State Program Total:
$5,574,137*
*Funding total current as of April 2008.
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State Assessments
Recipient
Site
Augusta
Colonial Theater

Edwards Manufacturing
Bath
Former Bath YMCA
Biddeford
Diamond Match Mill
Bradley
Main Street Junkyard
Brewer
Eastern Fine Paper

Rolnick Property
Brunswick
Fred Brooks Properties

People's Plus
Camden
Apollo Tanning Company
Caribou
Children's Discovery Museum
China
Gazelle Products
Dover-Foxcroft
Moosehead Manufacturing
East Machias
Bangor Hydro Substation
Falmouth
Smelt Hill Dam
Farmingdale
Sheldon Street School

Town Office
Gardiner
David Usdan Property
Hallowell
Eastern Steamship Site
Harpswell
Harpswell Fuel Depot
Houlton
Aroostook Milling Co- Buffalo St.

Aroostook Milling Co.- Hillview St

Aroostook Milling Co- Phyllis St
Howland
Howland Tannery
Long Island
Generator House
Millinocket
Northern Plaza
Norway
Cummings Mill
Orono
Ayers Island

Webster's Mill
Parsonfield
Industrial Box & Lumber
Perry
Sipayik Corner Store
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Recipient
Site
Portland
Burt Company Site
E. Perry Site
Presque Isle
24 Chapman Street
28 Chapman Street
36 Chapman Street
42 Chapman Street
Roxbury
Precision Metals
Rumford
Route 108 Junkyard
Sanford
46 High Street
Aerofab
Modern Continental Precast Property
Nasson Community Center
South Portland
Durastone Site
Vinalhaven
Former Fish Plant
Warren
Crowe Rope
Washburn
McCain's Factory
Mill Pond Park
Waterville
Waterville Industries
West Bath
Robbin's Junkyard
State Cleanups
Recipient
Site
Bath
Former Downeast Woodcrafters
Long Island
Generator House
Norway
Cummings Mill
Parsonfield
Industrial Box & Lumber
Sanford
Modern Continental
Nasson Community Center
Vinalhaven
Former Fish Plant
Washburn
McCain's Factory
West Bath
Robbin's Junkyard
Showcase Communities
Showcase Communities were selected as national models demonstrating the benefits of
collaborative activity on brownfields. The communities are distributed across the country and
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vary by size, resources, and community type. A wide range of support from federal agencies
and in the form of tax incentives were leveraged, depending on the needs of each Showcase
Community. An important goal of this program was to develop national models that
demonstrate the positive results of public and private collaboration to address brownfields
challenges. Showcase Communities were selected through a national competition in 1998 &
2000.
EPA New England Brownfields Program Contacts
Brownfields Section Chief
Carol Tucker, 617-918-1221
Brownfields Coordinator & State Funding
Diane Kelley, 617-918-1424
Assessment Grant Program
Alan Peterson, 617-918-1022
Revolving Loan Fund Grant Program
Joe Ferrari, 617-918-1 105
Cleanup Grant & Targeted Brownfields Assessment Programs
Jim Byrne, 617-918-1389
Job Training Program
Marcus Holmes, 617-918-1630
Environmental Justice & Non-Profit Outreach
Kathleen Castagna, 617-918-1429
Sustainable Reuse
Jessica Dominguez, 617-918-1627
Communications
Christine Lombard, 617-918-1305
Petroleum
Dorrie Paar, 617-918-1432
Special Projects
Steve Chase, 617-918-1431
Data Manager
Ken Champlin, 617-918-1528
Visit: www.epa.gov/regionO 1 /brownfields
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