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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
Connecticut
Department of
Economic and
Community
Development
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 this 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 programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Com-
munity Development was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. Connecticut (popula-
tion 3,405,565) is one of the oldest industrial states in
the country, and has a manufacturing history that pre-
dates the birth of this nation. This history has left a
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Connecticut Department of
Economic and Community Development for two
brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous sub-
stances grant funds will be used to prepare up to
10 Phase I and II environmental site assessments
at targeted sites located in the state's federally
designated Enterprise and Empowerment Zones,
distressed communities, and state-designated
priority funding areas. Petroleum grant funds will
be used to perform the same tasks at sites with
potential petroleum contamination.
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/regionl/brownfields
Grant Recipient: Connecticut Department of
Economic and Community Development
860-270-8043
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
sheet are subject to change.
significant legacy of abandoned and underutilized
industrial sites, predominantly in urban communities.
Many of these urban communities are located in
distressed municipalities that do not have their own
staff, capacity, or funding to manage a brownfields
program. Therefore, the state must take responsibility
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-08-005
April 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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on their behalf. Furthermore, these distressed munici-
palities contain nearly 69 percent of the state's
brownfields. Assessment of sites in targeted communi-
ties will help to identify imminent health threats and is
expected to spur investment in the cleanup and rede-
velopment of these sites.
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