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;
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• 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.
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