Brownfields 2001 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet Bristol, CT EPA Brownfields Initiative EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states. communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield 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. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism. Background EPA has selected the City of Bristol for a Brownfields Assessment Pilot. Bristol (population 59,224) is 12 miles west of Hartford, Connecticut. The Pilot targets five potentially contaminated properties in two major gateways into the downtown (the North End Route 6 gateway and the Riverside Avenue gateway) and one property (H.J. Mills) in the center of downtown. The target sites are former manufacturing sites located in a state Enterprise Zone. The decline of manufacturing in the city has led to a conversion to a service oriented economy. This has resulted in a decreasing city population, a decreasing per capita income compared to the state, and an unemployment rate that is lower than the state average. Numerous properties are vacant or underused because owners and developers fear the costs of potential cleanups if the sites were assessed. The blighted nature of the target sites gives a poor impression of living conditions when entering the city through its two major gateways. Pilot Snapshot Date of Announcement: 04/01/2001 Amount: $200,000 Profile: The Pilot targets brownfield sites in two gateway corridors leading into the city and another downtown property. The Pilot is integrated into the city's preliminary plan for the revitalization of downtown Bristol. 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 (http ://www .epa.gov/brownfields). EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team (617)918-1424 EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.gov/regionl/brownfields) Grant Recipient: Bristol, CT (860)584-7699 Objectives The city's objectives are to revitalize the downtown and beautify the city's gateways. As part of these objectives, the Pilot will perform Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments at five properties and develop cleanup plans and cost estimates for these sites. The Pilot will conduct Phase III environmental testing at the H.J. Mills site, on which Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments were completed under EPA's Targeted Brownfields Assessment program. In addition, the Pilot will implement community outreach and education in the targeted communities. Activities Activities planned as part of this Pilot include: • Conducting Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments at five properties in the gateway corridors; United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5105T) EPA500-F-01-262 Apr 01 ------- • Developing cleanup plans for the five gateway properties; • Completing a Phase III assessment of the H.J. Mills property; • Providing community outreach, including workshops in the Pilot communities; and • Implementing the Pilot's environmental justice plan. The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. 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 negotiated. Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. United States Q ., . ,A/__t,. E-ironmental andEmXency EPA 50°-F-°1 ** Protection Agency ResDonse(51oVn Apr01 Washington, DC 20450 Kesponse (bl Ob I) ------- |