Sutton brownfield to get cleaned up and back in business
Attorney General Maura Healey has entered into a brownfields agreement for the redevelopment and reuse of a parcel in Sutton once occupied by Master Metals Industries, creating six new jobs in the town.
A statement from the AG Monday said the agreement clears the way for New Covenant Partners IV LLC to take ownership of the property, which housed the small-scale pewter and solder smelting facility from 1971 to 2012.
During Master Metals’ ownership, there were releases of lead, arsenic, chromium, cadmium, zinc and other hazardous materials into the soil and groundwater on the site, the statement said.
New Covenant will clean up the two-acre parcel and tear down a portion of the existing vacant building, improve the rest of the building, and pave a section of the property. New Covenant will enter into a long-term lease with a company that sells, distributes, and installs consultation services for products and services for the protection of outdoor athletic fields, Healey said.
“This is a win-win for the town,” Sutton Town Administrator James Smith said in the statement. He said New Covenant Partners “will be able to pay the town of Sutton over $20,000 in back taxes, take the property out of tax title, create jobs and put the property back on the tax rolls.”
The agreement is one of three brownfields agreements announced Monday. The other two, the AG’s statement said, will pave the way for new municipal buildings in Walpole and for a solar power facility in Great Barrington. Officially called Brownfields Covenants Not to Sue, the agreements facilitate the cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties, and play a key role in helping communities revitalize local economies, the AG’s statement said.
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