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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Northeastern
Vermont
Development
Association
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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 Northeastern Vermont Development Association
(NVDA) was selected to receive a brownfields assess-
ment grant. The NVDA serves the Counties of
Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans (total population
62,438) located east of the Green Mountains of
Vermont, west of the White Mountains of New Hamp-
shire, and along the Canadian Border and Connecticut
River. Industries and businesses of the region ben-
efited from the area's proximity to major regional
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Northeastern Vermont
Development Association for a brownfields
assessment grant. Petroleum grant funds will be
used to develop a prioritized database, conduct
community outreach activities, perform six or
more Phase I and three or four Phase II
environmental site assessments, and conduct one
extended Phase III assessment at sites around the
three counties served by the Association.
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
617-918-1424
http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Northeastern Vermont
Development Association, VT
802-748-5181
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
shipping routes and natural resources. Today, many of
the region's brownfields sites are located along these
major shipping routes and within the historic down-
towns and village centers. Most of the hazardous
properties are the result of chemical agents used by
industries, including drycleaning, electroplating, metal
fabrication, plastics and wood operations, and legal and
illegal dumping. The poverty rates in these counties are
the highest in the state. Average wages for those who are
employed in the region's highest paying industry sector,
manufacturing, are 30 percent lower than the state
average in that sector. Brownfields pose potential threats
to the health of area residents and to its rivers and
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-029
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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waterways. Redevelopment of the properties is ex-
pected to help facilitate economic development and job
creation, return these brownfields to the tax rolls, and
conserve greenspace or provide additional recreational
opportunities.
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