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 Brownfields  2004

  Grant Fact Sheet

     Southern  Windsor

      County Regional

 Planning  Commission,

                   VT


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 Southern Windsor County Regional Planning
Commission was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. The region is made up of 10 towns
with a combined population of 25,105. In the 19th and
20th centuries, these towns relied on the rivers running
through them to power the mills and factories that
were the region's economic life force. Manufacturing
layoffs and closures, particularly in the precision tool
industry, have resulted in a dramatic decline in the local
economy, job opportunities, and wages, and an increase
                        Assessment Grant
                        $167,000 for hazardous substances
                        $43,000 for petroleum

                        EPA has selected the Southern Windsor County
                        Regional Planning Commission for a brownfields
                        assessment grant. Hazardous substances grant
                        funds will be used to perform at least two Phase I,
                        one Phase II, and one Phase III site assessments,
                        and up to two remedial action plans. Petroleum
                        grant funds will be used to perform two Phase I
                        and Phase II site assessments and one remedial
                        action plan for petroleum-contaminated sites.
                        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: Southern Windsor County
                        Regional Planning Commission, VT
                        802-674-9201

                        The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
                        yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
                        in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                     in unemployment. The plant closings have left large,
                     abandoned and underutilized structures in downtown
                     areas, many in the midst of worker housing complexes.
                     Revitalization of these sites is expected to bring
                     businesses and jobs back to the downtown areas and
                     help reclaim the region's valuable waterway resources.
                        Solid Waste and
                        Emergency Response
                        (5105T)
                                                                    EPA 560-F-04-203
                                                                    June 2004
                                                                    www.epa.gov/brownfields

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