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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Addison County
Regional Planning
Commission, VT
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 Addison County Regional Planning Commission
(ACRPC) was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. Located in midwestern Vermont, the
ACRPC serves 36,865 people in 21 small municipali-
ties around the region. The economic and social hubs
of the county developed around power sources and
utilized locally available natural resources in their
industrial and manufacturing operations. With the
decline in industrial activity, once thriving industries
were abandoned or downsized, leaving the hubs with
numerous brownfields sites. Many residents migrated
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Addison County Regional
Planning Commission for a brownfields assess-
ment grant. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
inventory brownfields sites, conduct community
outreach activities, and perform a limited number
of Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III environmental
site assessments throughout the region.
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: Addison County Regional Plan-
ning Commission, VT
802-388-3141
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
to more rural areas, where development came at the
expense of thousands of acres of farmland. More than
40 percent of over 80 state identified hazardous sub-
stance sites and 84 petroleum sites are in the region's
three most heavily populated communities. The pres-
ence of brownfields has impeded the region's ability to
attract investment and tourism to the area, provide
employment opportunities, and deliver critical commu-
nity services. Assessment of the area's brownfields will
help the region reverse these trends and promote
redevelopment of the sites. Brownfields redevelopment
is expected to ensure economic growth without the loss
of productive farmland, helping to restore the tax base,
create local jobs, and increase recreational opportunities
and tourism in the region.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-026
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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