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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Greenwich, 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, President George
W. Bush 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Town of Greenwich was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Contaminated property
threatens the health of the town's 61,101 residents, its
residential areas, and the neighboring Long Island
Sound. The town has experienced an increase in low-
income residents and in its school-age population,
which has placed pressures on public facilities, includ-
ing recreational sites. The target site was developed in
1907 by New Haven Railroad to generate electricity to
power the railway, and was abandoned in the early
1980s. Public access is restricted on this property,
which is deeded to be open space in perpetuity. The
town plans to redevelop the property into a multi-use,
public waterfront park with waterfront access, trails,
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Town of Greenwich for a
brownfields cleanup grant. The grant will be used
to remove and dispose of contaminated soil at the
Cos Cob Power Plant property, where contami-
nants include PCBs, arsenic, polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons, coal fly ash, and slag. Funds also
will be used to construct a geotextile barrier and
earthen cap on the eight-acre site, and to conduct
community involvement activities.
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: Town of Greenwich, CT
203-622-6461
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
recreational playing fields, and parking lots. Redevelop-
ment will eliminate potential contamination of the Long
Island Sound, enhance property values, create a stable
workforce, and improve access to coastal resources.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-003
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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