&EPA
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA500-F-98-175
July 1998
Assessment
Demonstration Pilot
Middletown, CT
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5101)
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower States, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. Since 1995, EPA has funded more than 200 Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilots, at up to $200,000 each, to support creative two-year explorations and demonstrations of
brownfields solutions. The Pilots are intended to provide EPA, States, Tribes, municipalities, and communities with
useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods to promote a unified approach to site
assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND
EPA has selected the City of Middletown for a
Brownfields Pilot. The City (population 42,760) is
located along the western shore of the Connecticut
River, approximately 15 miles south of Hartford and
25 miles north of New Haven. The area's once
vibrant waterfront, adjacenttothe City's downtown,
is now littered with vacant industrial and commercial
properties, while the environmental quality of the
Connecticut River has deteriorated. Redevelopment
activities have been hampered by the lack of
information regarding the extent and types of
contamination on brownfields sites. The urban core
of the City is a State-designated Enterprise Zone.
The Pilot will target several waterfront sites, including
two underused commercial properties and a waste
water treatment plant.
OBJECTIVES
Middletown's objective is to focus on the cleanup
and redevelopment of brownfields properties located
along the City's waterfront to preserve and improve
the recreational and commercial sectors of the area.
Pilot funding will be used to assess the targeted sites,
conduct environmental cleanup studies and ecological
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Middletown, Connecticut
Date of Announcement:
July 1998
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets
several waterfront sites
along the Connecticut
River and one of its
tributaries.
Contacts:
Planning Office
City of Middletown
(860) 344-3425
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA-Region 1
(617)573-9681
Visit the EPA Region 1 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region01/remed/bmfld/
For further information, including specific Pilot contacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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investigations, and mobilize community involvement
and resources. Middletown expects thatthe waterfront
redevelopment, made possible by Pilot activities,
will serve as a catalyst for revitalization of the
neighboring downtown area.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Performing Phase I and II environmental assessments
on the targeted waterfront sites;
• Completing feasibility studies and cleanup cost
estimates for at least two of the targeted waterfront
sites; and
• Developing an outreach program to inform and
solicit input from communities affected by
brownfields through public meetings, mailings, and
fact sheets.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot Middletown, Connecticut
July 1998 EPA500-F-98-175
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