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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Hockanum Industrial
Development Venture
Corporation, Vemon, CT
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site is
real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse
of which may be complicated by the presence or
potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant,
or contaminant. On January 11, 2002, the President
signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
Law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible
applicants through four competitive grant programs:
assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup
grants, and job training grants. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Hockanum Industrial Development Venture
Corporation was selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. Of the town's 28,063 residents, 7,708
live in the Rockville section, which was once world-
famous for its production of fine woolens. For more
than 100 years, the Hockanum Mill site was a major
employer in the once thriving industrial community of
Vernon. From 1885 until the 1950s, the mill site was
used for wool and textile manufacturing. Once the mill
ceased operations, it was used as a machinery and
plumbing warehouse until the 1980s, and is now listed
on the National Register of Historic Places. Thirteen
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Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Hockanum Industrial
Development Venture Corporation for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
used to clean up petroleum contamination at the
seven-acre Hockanum Mill site in the Rockville
section of Hockanum. Funds will also be used for
community outreach activities, including fact sheet
development and notifying and involving the
community in the proposed project.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
brownfields
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1221
http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Hockanum Industrial
Development Venture Corporation, CT
860-870-3665
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
major factories thrived here, but now only two remain.
The per capita income of Rockville residents is well
below the state average. In 2001, Rockville was
selected for the Connecticut Main Street Program,
which is under the direction of the National Main
Street Program, and has since made significant
progress toward improving its downtown area. Plans
for redevelopment of the Hockanum Mill site after
remediation include rental housing, retail space, office
space, small manufacturing use, and a two-acre
riverfront area set aside for open space, public access,
and amenities.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-04-138
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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