The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing more than $1 million in Brownfields grants to the city of Somerville.

The city is receiving three cleanup grants valued at $600,000 to remediate three parcels associated with the Kiley Barrel site in the Union Square neighborhood. The city is also receiving $450,000 in Revolving Loan Fund Supplemental funding to clean up properties in the vicinity of the Kiley Barrel site. 

The cleanup funding will be used to remediate contaminated soils associated with a former barrel cleaning and reclamation facility. The city received three EPA Brownfields cleanup grants in 2011 for three other former Kiley Barrel sites. A comprehensive cleanup of this area will allow the city to move forward with a transit-oriented, mixed-use redevelopment that is zoned to create 300,000 square feet of commercial space, 300,000 square feet of residential space, 800 construction jobs and 500 permanent jobs.

 "EPA Brownfields funding helps strengthen the economic foundation and is a catalyst for further growth in our communities," Curt Spalding, regional administrator of EPA New England’s office, said in a statement.  "Cleaning and revitalizing contaminated sites helps create jobs, and can help a community to create new businesses and neighborhood centers, while making our environment cleaner and the community healthier."