Untj & Community Revitalization
BROWNFIELDS
EPA New Englan4
Maine
May
"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 Brownfielps 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 (1994-2009)*
Program
CT
ME
MA
NH
RI
VT
Total
Assessment
Grants
$11,348,630
$7,659,017
$23,520,131
$6,029,000
$2,703,000
$9,310,000
$60,569,778
Revolving
Loan Fund
(RLF) Grants
$12,029,645
$8,268,355
$14,668,000
$4,701,790
$5,690,000
$2,000,000
$47,357,790
Cleanup
Grants
$7,425,500
$3,180,744
$10,028,533
$2,400,000
$5,000,000
$600,000
$28,634,777
Job Training
Grants
$2,140,264
$200,000
$2,338,799
$0
$350,000
$0
$5,029,063
EPA
Targeted
Assessments
(TBA)
$2,577,470
$626,339
$4,403,869
$398,926
$514,217
$366,621
$8,887,442
State &
Tribal
Funding
$8,937,994
$8,134,361
$12,382,315
$10,164,267
$8,482,572
$4,525,752
$52,627,261
Showcase
Communities
$300,000
$0
$800,000
$0
$300,000
$0
$1,400,000
Total
$44,759,503
$28,068,816
$68,141,647
$23,693,983
$23,039,789
$16,802,373
$204,506,111
*Funding total current as of May 2009
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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. Coalitions of three or
more eligible entities may apply for up to $1,000,000 and must assess a minimum of five
sites. 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
2009 Funding
Total Funding
Auburn
$200,000
Augusta - American Tissue Mill
$350,000
$350,000
Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments
$400,000
Bath
$400,000
Brewer
$350,000
Brunswick
$150,000
Ellsworth
$200,000
Hancock County Planning Commission
$200,000
Kennebec Valley Council of Governments
$400,000
Lewiston
$200,000
$825,000
Maine State Planning Office
$199,017
Northern Maine Development Commission
$200,000
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point
$200,000
$200,000
Piscataquis County Economic Development Council
$200,000
$200,000
Portland
$535,000
Sanford
$200,000
$600,000
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
$1,000,000
Washington County Council of Governments
$400,000
$400,000
Westbrook
$650,000
Windham
$200,000
$200,000
Assessment Grant Program Total:
$1,750,000*
$7,659,017*
*Funding total current as of May 2009.
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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%
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
2009 Funding
Total Funding
Bath
$1,150,000
Brewer
$1,300,000
Lewiston
$725,000
Northern Maine Development Commission
$1,000,000
$1,000,000
Orono
$38,355
Portland
$855,000
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
$1,000,000
$2,000,000
Westbrook
$1,200,000
Revolving Loan Fund Program Total:
$2,000,000*
$8,268,355*
*Funding total current as of May 2009.
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.
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Cleanup Grant Program
Recipient
Site
2009 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 Property, 116 Washington
Street
$200,000
Lewiston
Androscoggin Mill No. 8 Site, 15 Locust
Street
$200,000
W.S. Libbey Mill Site, 6 Mill Street
$200,000
Oakland
Cascade Mill Site, 60 Cascade Mill Road
$200,000
Orono
Webster Mill, 5 Shore Drive
$200,000
$200,000
Pittsfield
Eelweir Road Site
$40,000
Portland
Bayside Rail Yard
$150,000
Sanford
Aerofab Site, 3 Aerofab Drive
$200,000
$200,000
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
Eastern Fine Paper Mill, Oak Street
$200,000
Lewiston - Museum
L-A
Camden Yards Mill Building, 1 Beech
Street
$200,000
$200,000
Norway - Downtown
Revitalization
Corporation
Cummings Mill, 8 Pikes Hill Road
$68,000
Peru - River Valley
Growth Council
Diamond Match Mill, 1 Mill Road
$122,744
Cleanup Grant Program Total:
$600,000*
$3,180,744*
*Funding total current as of May 2009.
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
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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 May 2009.
Targeted Brownfields 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
Augusta
American Tissue Mill
$100,000
Lewiston
Museum L/A
$100,000
W.S. Libbey Mill Site, 6 Mill Street
$71,294
Lewiston & Auburn Railroad Co., 8 Water Street
$60,151
Old Town
Lily Tulip, North Main Street
$18,966
Orono
Ayers Island, One Ayers Island
$111,770
Peru
Diamond Match Mill, Mill Street
$164,158
EPA-Lead Targeted Brownfields Assessments Total:
$626,339*
*Funding total current as of May 2009.
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State & Tribal Brownfielps 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
Year
Funding
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Pre-Law
$418,397
2003
$842,030
2004
$878,225
2005
$977,492
2006
$1,185,519
2007
$1,197,474
2008
$1,207,474
2009
$1,147,600
Total
$7,854,211
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
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Recipient
Site
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
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
Aero fab
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
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Recipient
Site
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
Recipient
Year
Funding
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point
2007
$75,000
2008
$75,000
2009
$130,150
Total
$280,150
Tribal Assessments
East Port
Former Gates Formed-Fiber Products
Perry
Sipayik Corner Store
Pleasant Point
Abandoned Museum Building
State & Tribal Program Total:
$8,134,361*
*Funding total current as of May 2009.
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
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.
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EPA New England Brownfielps 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
Kathleen Castagna, 617-918-1429
Sustainable Reuse
Jessica Dominguez, 617-918-1627
Communications
Christine Lombard, 617-918-1305
Petroleum
Dorrie Paar, 617-918-1432
National Panel Coordinator
Jerry Minor-Gordon, 617-918-1312
Project Officers
Amy Jean McKeown, 617-918-1248
William (Bud) Taylor, 617-918-1378
Data Manager
Ken Champlin, 617-918-1528
Visit: www.epa.gov/regionO 1 /brownfields
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