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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Stamford, 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 City of Stamford was selected to receive two
brownfields cleanup grants. Stamford (population
117,083) is located in the southwestern corner of
Connecticut, along the Long Island Sound. In the late
19th and early 20th Centuries, the southern portion of
the city was home to numerous commercial and
manufacturing facilities. When Stamford transformed
from a manufacturing center into a corporate hub,
neglected factories, abandoned utility sites, and other
deteriorating remnants of the city's heyday remained
behind. This area became an "inner-city" neighbor-
hood, with a concentration of impoverished minorities
and substandard housing. The target South End historic
district has a 24 percent poverty rate, and an 11
percent unemployment rate. It also contains numerous
Cleanup Grants
$225,500 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Stamford for two
brownfields cleanup grants. Grant funds will be
used to clean up and remove soil contaminated by
hazardous substances at the Seaboard Equities
property at 1 Dock Street. The property was the
site of the Stamford Gas Light Company, a coal
gasification plant, between 1888 and 1930. Grant
funds also will be used to clean up and remove
soil contaminated by hazardous substances at 114
Manhattan Street, currently the location of an
office building and parking lot. The site previously
was the location the Tri-Chem chemical plant.
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: City of Stamford, CT
203-977-4190
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
brownfields, and has the city's highest crime rate.
Once the sites are cleaned up, they will become part of
the Stamford Urban Transitway, a new four-lane
facility that will provide direct access to the Stamford
Intermodal Transportation Center, enhance the use of
bus service, improve transportation mobility of low-
income households, and encourage redevelopment
opportunities through improved accessibility. The
redevelopment will create vital employment opportuni-
ties for residents of Stamford's South End and contigu-
ous communities.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-167
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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