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Brownfields 2023 Cleanup Fact Sheet

Lynn, MA

Grant Recipient Information

Name: City of Lynn
Phone: 617-869-5271
Website:

EPA Information

Region: EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
Phone: 617-918-1389
Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/r1
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Publication Information

Office:
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Land and Emergency Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460
Publication Number:
EPA-560-F-23-142
Publication Date:
May 2023

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 brownfield sites. 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. The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002, as amended by the Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development Act of 2018, was passed to help states and communities around the country clean up and revitalize brownfield sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through five competitive grant programs: Multipurpose Grants, 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 Grant

$500,000

EPA has selected the City of Lynn for a Brownfields Cleanup Grant that will be funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Grant funds will be used to clean up Whyte's Enterprise Laundry at 83 Willow Street in the Buffum South area. The 0.34-acre cleanup site formerly operated as a dry cleaner and laundry facility from the 1930s to the 1990s. The building was demolished in 2000 but the property was not properly backfilled, leaving a 5-foot open pit. The site is contaminated with chlorinated volatile organic compounds and other volatile organic compounds.

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.
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