Brownfields Program Overview
New England
The Mayo Mill, pictured on the right, which sits along the
Piscataquis River in downtown Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, began as a
woolen mill in 1882 and eventually was abandoned and
contaminated. Today it holds a vibrant complex of offices,
businesses and residences. This project offers a prime example of
how the EPA Brownfields program provides a range of grants that
make this transformation possible. The Mayo Mill's main building
was constructed in 1908 of concrete, an unusual construction
material for the time. In the 1950s, Moosehead Manufacturing Co.,
a furniture manufacturer, bought the factory and ran it until June
2007, when the business closed, and became property of the town
through tax foreclosure. Pine Crest Development Corporation, a
non-profit economic development corporation established by the
town, bought it and received EPA funds to clean the property. In 2014
Mayo Mill Holding's LLC purchased the property with the intent of
developing the concrete building. It applied for more cleanup funding
from three sources that had received EPA revolving loans. Mayo
Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, allowing
the developer to use Historic Tax Credits. EPA provided almost $1.9
million for cleaning the site, which was combined with another $12
million from private, non-profit, state and federal agencies to
redevelop. Apartments, businesses, a commercial data center and a
boutique inn now share the more than 150,000 square feet of
space.
Mayo Mill Redevelopment
Credits: Piscataquis County Economic Development Council
Assessment grants pay for eligible governmental or non-profit
recipients to inventory, characterize, and assess the contamination
of brownfield properties. This funding can also be used to for
neighborhood planning, community outreach, and cleanup
planning related to brownfields. Grants are available for up to
$300,000 to address sites contaminated with hazardous substances
or petroleum. Assessment coalition grants are available for up to
$600,000 when three or more entities combine efforts under a
single project.
Cleanup grants provide up to $500,000 in funding for properties
owned by either governmental or non-profit applicants. Revolving
loan fund grants allow states, cities, groups of cities and towns, or
non-profits to make low interest loans or sub-grants of cleanup
funding to address contaminated properties in their jurisdictions.
These grants are funded at up to $1 million, with the possibility of
receiving more funding based on performance.
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The Brownfields Program
provides direct funding and
assistance to New England
communities through various
grant and technical assistance
programs. These grants
include funding for
assessment, cleanup, and
related activities throughout
Vermont, New Hampshire,
Maine, Connecticut,
Massachusetts and Rhode
Island.

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For more information:
Visit the EPA Brownfields website at
www.epa.gov/brownfields or contact
Jim Byrne at 617-918-1389 or
Multipurpose grants provide up to $800,000 for a governmental or non-
profit recipient to pay for a combination of assessment and cleanup work
in a specific area.
Job training grants fund governmental or non-profit entities to recruit,
train, and place unemployed and under-employed residents of
communities impacted by brownfields. These grants of up to $200,000
help give residents the skills needed to get good jobs in environmental
fields.
The Targeted Brownfields Assessment program is a form of technical
assistance in which an EPA contractor assesses brownfield properties on
behalf of municipalities or non-profits. These services are designed to
spur the redevelopment of sites in communities that do not have access
to funding for assessments.
EPA also provides up to $50 million nationwide in grants to states and
tribes for response programs involved in the assessment, cleanup and
redevelopment of brownfields. States and tribes can also use this funding
for environmental assessments, cleanup grants, environmental
insurance, and to update and revise regulations.
The benefits of revitalizing brownfields go beyond the sites and into the
community. The developments improve public health and
environmental quality, while creating housing, businesses, public
facilities, parks and new jobs. The revitalized sites raise awareness of
sustainable redevelopment and increase property values. EPA's
Brownfields program continues to form new partnerships and explore
creative new ways to help revitalize communities throughout New
England.
EPA New England Brownfields Team
Frank Gardner
Gardner.frank@epa.gov
Jim Byrne
Byrne.iames@epa.gov
Chris Lombard
Chris Beling
Lombard .chris@epa .gov
Beling.christine@epa .gov
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Alan Peterson
Pete rson .a la n @e pa .gov
Brownfields Section Chief
Brownfields Coordinator &
Cleanup Program
Assessment Program
Sustainable Materials Management
Program
Revolving Loan Fund Program
Targeted Brownfields
Assessment Program
617-918-1278
617-918-1389
617-918-1305
617-918-1792
617-918-1105
617-918-1022
byrne.iamesffiepa.gov
EPA 560-F-19-186
September 2019
Jessica Dominguez
Dominguez.iessica@epa.gov
Amy Jean McKeown
McKeown.AmyJean@epa.gov
Paar.Dorrie@epa.gov
Dan Rodriguez
Rodriguez.danny@epa.gov
Land Revitialization
Coordinator
States & Tribal Response Program
Multipurpose Grant Program
Job Training Program
617-918-1627
617-918-1248
617-918-1432
617-918-1060

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