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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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into
law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields 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.
Community Description
Johnson & Wales University was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Johnson & Wales is a diverse
university of 11,227 students, faculty, and staff. The
university has a campus in Providence (population
173,618), which is a federal Enterprise Zone.
Approximately 45 percent of Providence residents are
minorities, and 24 percent live in poverty. Much of the
university's Harborside Campus is situated on a former
shipyard where "Liberty Ships" were built in World War
II. The target site, which abuts the campus, is in
Providence along its border with the City of Cranston
(population 77,606). The site is part of a 100-acre parcel
that the university plans to redevelop into a campus with
student residential facilities, walking and jogging trails,
field and track facilities, and public greenspace along
Narragansett Bay.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected Johnson & Wales University for
a brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
used for remediating contaminated soil in the
former train maintenance pit area of the 14.7-acre
Parcel 7 at 250 Shipyard Street in Providence. The
property has been used for plating, and for
repairing and washing passenger trains. Soil
contaminants include arsenic, lead, and polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons. Funds also will be used to
cap the site and 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) 918-1424
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/regionl/bro wnfields )
Grant Recipient: Johnson & Wales University,RI
(401) 598-4700
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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