Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, MA

Brownfields 2004 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet 
- Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, Middlefield and Ware, MA
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Publication Number: EPA 560-F-04-174
June 2004

Assessment Demonstration Pilot Fact Sheet
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Publication Number: EPA 500-F-98-132
May 1998

Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilot Fact Sheet
(Coalition with the Cities of Springfield, Chicopee, and Westfield and the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission)
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Publication Number: EPA 500-F-99-086
May 1999

Pilot refers to projects funded prior to 2003. Grants refer to projects funded from 2003 on, under the authority of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act.

On December 5, 2002, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) loaned $220,000 to the Town of Chester, Massachusetts to assist with the cleanup costs associated with the Chester Wood Waste Landfill property. This loan was made possible through a $1.9 million EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grant awarded to the PVPC in 1999. The PVPC is a coalition of three cities: Springfield, Chicopee and Westfield located in the foothills of western Massachusetts. The Chester Wood Waste Landfill was used as a town “stump dump.” The property was contaminated with wood debris and lead-contaminated soil. The lead contamination came from an unknown source and was the driving force behind cleanup. Cleanup began in August 2002 and was completed in October of the same year, and all wood debris and lead-contaminated soil was excavated and placed in an onsite landfill. In 2003, Chester Elementary School was constructed on the property and houses approximately 130 students. For more information about this loan or the Pioneer Valley EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund, contact the EPA Region 1 Brownfields Coordinator at (617) 918-1424.