M Unci & Community Revitalization BROWN FIELDS EPA New Englan4 "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 (1994-2010)* Program CT ME MA NH RI VT Total Assessment Grants $11,948,630 $7,659,017 $24,420,131 $7,164,000 $2,703,000 $11,066,000 $64,960,778 Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants $14,129,645 $9,968,355 $17,168,000 $6,701,790 $5,690,000 $3,000,000 $56,657,790 Cleanup Grants $8,950,000 $5,050,744 $12,094,933 $2,600,000 $5,200,000 $800,000 $34,695,677 Job Training Grants $2,140,264 $200,000 $2,538,799 $0 $550,000 $0 $5,429,063 EPA Targeted Assessments (TBA) $2,577,470 $726,339 $4,703,869 $398,926 $514,217 $366,621 $9,287,442 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 2009 Recovery Act $3,095,033 $2,510,000 $4,485,000 $2,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,602,000 $15,092,033 Total $52,079,036 $34,248,816 $78,593,047 $29,228,983 $24,639,789 $16,802,373 $240,150,044 *Funding total current as of April 2010 Maine April 2010 Page 1 of 9 ------- 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 Recovery Act Funding Regular Funding Total Funding Auburn $200,000 $200,000 Auausta - American Tissue Mill $350,000 $350,000 Androscoaain Vallev Council of Governments $400,000 $400,000 Bath $200,000 $400,000 $600,000 Brewer $350,000 $350,000 Brunswick $150,000 $150,000 Ellsworth $200,000 $200,000 Greater Portland Council of Governments $400,000 $400,000 Hancock Countv Plannina Commission $200,000 $200,000 Kennebec Vallev Council of Governments $400,000 $400,000 Lewiston $825,000 $825,000 Maine Department of Environmental Protection $400,000 $400,000 Maine State Plannina Office $199,017 $199,017 Northern Maine Development Commission $200,000 $200,000 Passamaauoddv Tribe at Pleasant Point $200,000 $200,000 Piscataauis Countv Economic Development Council $200,000 $200,000 Portland $535,000 $535,000 Sanford $600,000 $600,000 Southern Maine Reaional Plannina Commission $1,000,000 $1,000,000 Washinaton Countv Council of Governments $400,000 $400,000 Westbrook $650,000 $650,000 Windham $200,000 $200,000 Assessment Grant Program Totals: $1,000,000 $7,659,017 $8,659,017 Funding totals current as of April 2010. 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 Page 2 of 9 ------- 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 2009 Recipient Recovery Act Funding Regular Funding Total Funding Bath $560,000 $1,150,000 $1,710,000 Brewer $1,300,000 $1,300,000 Lewiston $725,000 $725,000 Maine Department of Economic & Community Development $1,000,000 $1,000,000 Northern Maine Development Commission $1,000,000 $1,000,000 Orono $38,355 $38,355 Portland $855,000 $855,000 Southern Maine Reaional Plannina Commission $2,700,000 $2,700,000 Westbrook $1,200,000 $1,200,000 Revolving Loan Fund Program Totals: $560,000 $9,968,355 $10,528,355 Funding totals current as of April 2010. 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 2009 Recovery Act Funding Regular Funding Total Funding Municipalities Brunswick Maine Street Station - Pocket Park 1, 210 Maine Street $200,000 $200,000 Maine Street Station - Pocket Park 2, 210 Maine Street $200,000 $200,000 Page 3 of 9 ------- Recipient Site 2009 Recovery Act Funding Regular Funding Total Funding Municipalities Brunswick Maine Street Station - Pocket Park 3, 210 Maine Street $200,000 $200,000 Camden Apollo Tannery Property, 116 Washington Street $200,000 $200,000 Dover-Foxcroft ME Leathers Tannery Site - Sludge Pits 4-7 Parcel, 117 Vaughn Road $200,000 $200,000 ME Leathers Tannery Site - Sludge Pits 1 -3, 8 & 9 Parcel, 117 Vaughn Road $200,000 $200,000 ME Leathers Tannery Site - Lagoon Parcel, 117 Vaughn Road $200,000 $200,000 Howland Old Howland Tannery, Lot 37 $200,000 $200,000 Old Howland Tannery, Lot 75 $200,000 $200,000 Old Howland Tannery, Lot 76 $200,000 $200,000 Lewiston Androscoggin Mill No. 8 Site, 15 Locust Street $200,000 $200,000 W.S. Libbey Mill Site, 6 Mill Street $200,000 $200,000 Oakland Cascade Mill Site, 60 Cascade Mill Road $200,000 $200,000 Orono Webster Mill, 5 Shore Drive $200,000 $200,000 Parsonsfield Robinson Mill Lot 2, 0 Federal Road $200,000 $200,000 Robinson Mill Lot 7, 10 Mill Street $200,000 $200,000 Pittsfield Eelweir Road Site $110,000 $110,000 Portland Bayside Rail Yard $150,000 $150,000 Saco Saco Steel Company/Earth Waste Systems Site, 29 Lund Road $200,000 $200,000 Sanford Aerofab Site, 3 Aerofab Drive $200,000 $200,000 Aerofab Site, 0 Pioneer Drive $200,000 $200,000 Sanford Mill, 61 Washington Street $200,000 $200,000 Westbrook Former Haskell Silk Co. Mill, 895 Main Street $200,000 $200,000 Non-Profit Organizations Brewer - South Brewer Redevelopment, LLC Eastern Fine Paper Mill, 517 South Main Street $200,000 $200,000 Eastern Fine Paper Mill, 519 South Main Street $200,000 $200,000 Eastern Fine Paper Mill, Oak Street $200,000 $200,000 Dover-Foxcroft - Pine Crest Development Corporation Moosehead Manufacturing Mill Site - Main Mill Parcel, 5 East Main Street $200,000 $200,000 Moosehead Manufacturing Mill Site - Outbuildings & Connector Bldg Parcel, 5 East Main Street $200,000 $200,000 Page 4 of 9 ------- Recipient Site 2009 Recovery Act Funding Regular Funding Total Funding Non-Profit Organizations Lewiston - Museum L-A Camden Yards Mill Building, 1 Beech Street $200,000 $200,000 Norwav - Downtown Revitalization Corporation Cummings Mill, 8 Pikes Hill Road $68,000 $68,000 Peru - River Vallev Growth Council Diamond Match Mill, 1 Mill Road $122,744 $122,744 Cleanup Grant Program Totals: $800,000 $5,050,744 $5,850,744 Funding totals current as of April 2010. 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. Bi3*iifninnT»icji Recipient 2009 Recovery Act Funding Regular Funding Total Funding Lewiston $200,000 $200,000 Job Training Grant Program Totals: $0 $200,000 $200,000 Funding totals current as of April 2010. 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. Page 5 of 9 ------- EPA Targeted Brownfield Assessments 2009 Recovery Act Regular Recipient Site Funding Funding Total Funding Augusta American Tissue Mill $100,000 $100,000 Lewiston Museum L/A $100,000 $100,000 W.S. Libbev Mill Site, 6 Mill Street $71,294 $71,294 Lewiston & Auburn Railroad Co., 8 Water Street $60,151 $60,151 Mill #5 $150,000 $150,000 Old Town Lilv Tulip, North Main Street $18,966 $18,966 Orono Avers Island, One Avers Island $111,770 $111,770 Peru Diamond Match Mill, Mill Street $164,158 $164,158 Sanford 56 Washington Street & 11 Riverside Avenue $100,000 $100,000 EPA Targeted Brownfields Assessments Totals: | $150,000 $726,339 $876,339 Funding totals current as of April 2010. 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 State 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 State Program Total: $7,854,211 Funding total current as of December 2009. State Assessments Recipient Site Augusta American Tissue, 54 Maple Street Colonial Theater, 139 Water Street Page 6 of 9 ------- State Assessments Recipient Site Bangor Eastern Etching, 235 Bomarc Road Bath Former YMCA, 26 Summer Street Biddeford Diamond Match Mill, Main Street North Dam Mill, 2 Main Street Bradley Main Street Junkyard, Route 178 Brewer Eastern Fine Paper, 517 South Main Street Maple Street Park, Maple and Spring Streets Rolnick Property, 151 South Maine Street Brunswick Brooks Properties, 86-88 Union Street People's Plus, 210 Maine Street Camden Apollo Tanning Company, 116 Washington Street Caribou Children's Discovery Museum, Glenn Street Castine Windmill Hill, 5 Castine Road China Gazelle Products, 1 Old Waterville Road Dover-Foxcroft Brown's Mill, 117 Vaughn Road MacArthur Property, Vaughn Road Moosehead Manufacturing, 5 Main Street East Machias Bangor Hydro Substation Falmouth Smelt Hill Dam Fort Kent RLC Northern Enterprises, 228 Market Street Farmingdale Sheldon Street School, 69 Sheldon Street Somes Property, 669 Maine Avenue Town Office, 289 Maine Avenue Gardiner Usdan Property, 829 Water Street Hallowell Eastern Steamship Site, Water Street Harpswell Mitchell Field, Route 123 Hermon Quinn's Auto Repair, 2520 US Route 2 Houlton Aroostook Milling Co. -16 Buffalo Street Aroostook Milling Co. - 5 Hillview Street Aroostook Milling Co. -1 Phyllis Street Former Bell's Service Station, 144 Military Street Howland Howland Tannery, 20 Bridge Street Lisbon Falls Lisbon Teen Center, 32 Main Street Worumbo Mill, 5 Canal Street Long Island Generator House, Island Avenue Milo Downtown Milo - Ettinger Property, 26 Main Street Downtown Milo - Haley Property, 28 Main Street Downtown Milo - Robshaw Property, 30 Main Street Downtown Milo - Rodriguez Property, 32 Main Street Downtown Milo - Crossman Property, 52 Main Street Downtown Milo - Saviolakis Property, 60 Main Street Millinocket Northern Plaza, 740 Central Street Norway CB Cummings Mill, 8 Pikes Hill Road Old Town Old Town Canoe, 35 Middle Street Orono Ayers Island Webster's Mill, 5 Shore Drive Page 7 of 9 ------- State Assessments Recipient Site Parsonfield Industrial Box & Lumber, Sakokis Road Pleasant Point Sipayik Corner Store, Route 190 Portland Burt Company Site E. Perry Site, 9 Somerset Street E. Perry Site, 42-44 Kennebec Street Presque Isle Bonville Property - 24 & 26 Chapman Street Haines Manufacturing Co. - 28 Chapman Street Lavway Property - 36 Chapman Street Webber Oil - 42 Chapman Street Roxbury Precision Metals, Route 17 Rumford Route 108 Junkyard, 214 Route 108 Sanford 46 High Street Aerofab, 3 Aerofab Drive Modern Continental Precast, Kostis Lane Nasson Community Center, 457 Main Street South Portland Durastone Site, 1 Wallace Avenue Vinalhaven Fish Plant, West Main Street Waldoboro Ripley's Garage, 2966 Atlantic Highway Warren Crowe Rope, 307 Main Street Washburn McCain's Factory, 22 Gardiner Creek Road Mill Pond Park, Main Street Waterville Waterville Industries, West River Road West Bath Robbin's Junkyard, 263 State Road State Cleanups Recipient Site Bath Former Downeast Woodcrafters, 2 Town Landing Road Bradley Main Street Junkyard, Route 178 Brewer Maple Street Park, Maple and Spring Streets Houlton Former Bell's Service Station, 144 Military Street Long Island Generator House, Island Avenue Lisbon Falls Lisbon Teen Center, 32 Main Street Norway CB Cummings Mill, 8 Pikes Hill Road Parsonfield Industrial Box & Lumber, Sakokis Road Pleasant Point Sipayik Corner Store, Route 190 Presque Isle Bonville Property - 24 & 26 Chapman Street Haines Manufacturing Co. - 28 Chapman Street Lavway Property - 36 Chapman Street Sanford Modern Continental Precast, Kostis Lane Nasson Community Center, 457 Main Street Vinalhaven Fish Plant, West Main Street Washburn McCain's Factory, 22 Gardiner Creek Road Warren Crowe Rope, 307 Main Street West Bath Robbin's Junkyard, 263 State Road Page 8 of 9 ------- Tribal Funding Recipient Year Funding Passamaauoddv Tribe at Pleasant Point 2007 $75,000 2008 $75,000 2009 $130,150 Tribal Program Total: $280,150 Tribal Assessments East Port Former Gates Formed-Fiber Products Pleasant Point Abandoned Museum Building State & Tribal Funding Totals: $8,134,361 Funding totals current as of April 2010. Showcase Communities Showcase Communities were selected as national models demonstrating the benefits of collaborative activity on brownfields. These communities are distributed across the country and vary by size, resources, and community type. A wide range of support from federal agencies including 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 tucker.carol@epa.gov Brownfields Coordinator Diane Kelley, 617-918-1424 kelley.diane@epa.gov Assessment Grant Program Christine Lombard, 617-918-1305 lombard.chris@epa.gov Cleanup Grant Program & State Funding Jim Byrne, 617-918-1389 byrne.james@epa.gov Revolving Loan Fund Grant Program Joe Ferrari, 617-918-1 105 ferrari.joe@epa.gov Job Training Grant Program Kathleen Castagna, 617-918-1429 castagna.kathleen@epa.gov Targeted Brownfields Assessment Program Alan Peterson, 617-918-1022 peterson.alan@epa.gov Petroleum & All Appropriate Inquiries Dorrie Paar, 617-918-1432 paar.dorrie@epa.gov ACRES Frank Gardner, 617-918-1278 gardner.frank@epa.gov Sustainable Reuse Jessica Dominguez, 617-918-1627 dominguez.jessica@epa.gov Recovery Act Reporting & Historic Preservation Amy Jean McKeown, 617-918-1248 mckeown.amyjean@epa.gov National Panel Coordinator Jerry Minor-Gordon, 617-918-13 12 minor-gordon.ierry@epa.gov Data Manager Ken Champlin, 617-918-1528 champlin.kenneth@epa.gov epa.gov/region 7 /brownfields Page 9 of 9 ------- |