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  Brownfields  2007

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

          Shelton,   CT


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 City of Shelton was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Located in the Naugatuck
Valley Corridor, Shelton's (population 38,000) minority
population has nearly doubled since 2002. The percent-
age of residents living below the poverty level has
increased by 40 percent since 1989. The former Rolfite
property is in the Shelton Enterprise and Commerce
Park, the city's central business district  along the
Housatonic River. Most of the city's low-income
residents live in or near this area. The presence of
several brownfields  in the  area has been associated
with job losses, a decline in population, and a decrease
in local tax revenue. Cleanup and redevelopment of the
former Rolfite property is part of the city's area-wide
plan to add housing, businesses, and open space that
will help revitalize downtown Shelton. Cleanup of the
 Cleanup Grant
 $200,000 for petroleum

 EPA has selected the City of Shelton for a
 brownfields cleanup grant. Petroleum grant funds
 will be used to clean up the former Rolfite
 property located at 131 East Canal Street. The
 site was used to manufacture fuel-blending
 additives and is contaminated with polynuclear
 aromatic hydrocarbons. Grant funds also will be
 used to support community involvement activities.
 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: City of Shelton, CT
 203-924-2521

 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.
site also will improve ecological and aesthetic condi-
tions along the river, and enable the city to construct a
riverwalk extension.
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                         EPA560-F-07-154
                         May 2007
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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