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                          Brownfields
                          Supplemental Assistance
                          Town  of New Milford,  CT
BACKGROUND

EPA awarded the Town of New Milford supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot. New Milford is near the confluence of the Aspetuck
and Housatonic Rivers  in rural western Connecticut.
Brownfields have significantly reduced the town's tax
base and decreased employment opportunities. The to wn' s
population of 27,000 has a per capita income that is below
the  state average and a median household income of
$17,935.

The original Pilot targeted the 72-acre former Century
Brass Products mill site, the only industrially zoned site in
town that also is served with sewer and water. The site is
in an excellent location for redevelopment because of a
nearby natural gas pipeline, rail line, and major highway,
butitis contaminated with polychlorinatedbiphenyls (PCBs)
and hydroxide sludge that threaten the health of the rivers
and residents. Under the original Pilot, the town completed
extensive environmental assessments at this site  and
identified other possible  brownfields. Funding from the
supplemental  grant will be used  to  complete  the
environmental assessments and finalize the cleanup plan
begun under the original  Pilot. In addition, the town will
assess environmental conditions at the town garage and
quarry sites.

OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES

New Milford will use its supplemental assistance grant to
expand  on  the original Pilot's efforts  to address
environmental issues associated with the former Century
Brass Products mill site, which represents over 13 percent
of the town's entire industrial zoned acreage. Supplemental
assistance also will be  used to assess  environmental
conditions at two other sites identified during the original
Pilot.
   PILOT SNAPSHOT
      Town of New Milford,
      Connecticut
Date of Announcement:
May 2002

Amount: $150,000

Profile:The Pilot targets the72-
acre former Century Brass
Products facility that is
contaminated with PCBs and is
neartheconfluence of two rivers.
   Contacts:
   New Milford Community Planning
   and Economic Development
   (860)355-6082
   Regional Brownfields Team
   U.S. EPA - Region 1
   (617)918-1424
        Visit the E PA Region 1 Brownfields web site at:
        http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/

      Forfurther information, including specific Pilot contacts,
    additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
    publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
             www.epa.gov/brownfields
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:

• Conducting  supplemental  Phase III  environmental
  assessments  at the former Century Brass Products
  facility;

• Revising the draft cleanup action plan and cost estimate
  based  on the results of the supplemental Phase III
  environmental assessment; and

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• Conducting Phase I and II environmental assessments
  at the town garage and quarry sites.

Thecooperativeagreementforthis Pilot hasnotyetbeen negotiated; therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                                 Solid Waste             EPA 500-F-02-078
                                                                 and Emergency          May 2002
                                                                 Response  (5105)        www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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