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Supporting the Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields Initiative (EPA), 2001 - Present

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SPONSOR: EPA Region 1
VOLPE INTERNAL: Environmental Engineering Division, DTS-33

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields Initiative promotes the cleanup and sustainable redevelopment of brownfields. The Volpe Center is supporting EPA Region 1 in implementing the Brownfields Initiative by conducting environmental site assessments at two Massachusetts sites: the Assets Site in Lowell, and the Gilbertville Woven Label Site in Hardwick. The assessments will determine the extent of contamination, potential solutions for cleanup, and the costs to prepare the sites for redevelopment.

The GIS tasks for the project were to produce a range of maps that present various information about a particular site. The base maps include, but are not limited to, orthophotos, topographic maps and CAD drawings. Information received from the site, i.e. boundaries, sample well sites and building locations, are superimposed on the base maps for inclusion in the Brownfields reports and are used to assist in site support and analysis. ESRI ArcView 3.2 software was used for the project.

The map is an example of a site in Lowell, MA. Overlaid onto the orthophoto base map are the site boundary, building locations and surrounding streets and canals.
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