Boston, Massachusetts - Aug. 24, 2010) - The City of Somerville will gain $400,000 from the E.P.A. to help clean contaminated sites known as brownfields. This backing is part of in excess of $16 million for brownfields allotted nationally and $3 million allotted in New England by the EPA.
"This backing for Somerville will help the local economy and will continue to assist in creating and keeping good jobs in the area. With this additional money the city will be able to fund more local cleanup projects, "said Curt Spalding, regional administrator for E.P.A. New England in announcing the grant this week.
"Somerville's Brownfields Plan has allowed us to assess and clean up numerous sites throughout the City, and maximize the potential of our developable land in such a densely populated community. We are extremely thankful to the E.P.A. for this funding, which will further enable us to leverage private sector backing for redevelopment activities as we continue to make Somerville a clean, green, sustainable community for the future of our residents," said Somerville Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone.
Somerville has received one of the 27 grants announced nationally, including 8 in New England. This backing is targeted to help with cleanup activities and redevelopment projects, and to help create jobs for people living near brownfields sites. These grants will help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem properties to productive community use.
This money was provided as supplemental backing for revolving loan fund grants already given to these communities.
Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
The 7 other grants given in New England included 2 in Connecticut (totaling $600,000), 3 in Massachusetts (totaling $1.2 million), and 2 in Vermont (totaling $800,000) and one in Maine ($400,000).
Since EPA's brownfields Plan began, E.P.A. has provided 50 loans and 41 grants in New England totaling in excess of $24 million for brownfields cleanup. The loan funds have paved the way for in excess of $164 million in public and private cleanup and redevelopment investment and for 925 jobs in cleanup, construction and redevelopment.
The national brownfields Plan encourages redevelopment of the country's estimated 450,000 abandoned and contaminated waste sites.
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