United States Environ menial Protection LI M % Agency Brownfields 2007 Cleanup Fact Sheet Salem, MA Grant Recipient Information Name: City of Salem Phone: (978)619-5685 EPA Information Region: EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team Phone: (617)918-1424 Website: http://www.epa.aov/reaion1/brownfields Publication Information Office: Publication Number: Publication Date: United States Environmental Protection Agency Land and Emergency Management (5105T) Washington, D.C. 20460 EPA 560-F-07-149 May 2007 Overview of the 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. Cleanup Grants $325,000 for petroleum EPA has selected the City of Salem for two brownfields cleanup grants. Grant funds will be used to clean up soil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons at 15 Peabody Street, a property used by power plants from 1890 to 1965. Grant funds also will be used to clean up petroleum-based contamination at 61 Ward Street, a vacant site that was home to several automotive service stations from 1937 to 1983. Cleanup at both sites will involve excavation and disposal of contaminated soil. Funds from both grants will be used to support community involvement activities. 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). The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the grant application; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of the information. The cooperative agreement is negotiated after the selection announcement. Therefore, the funding amount and activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. ------- |