Brownfields 2000 Revolving Loan Fund Pilot
9& % Fact Sheet
Coalition: Naugatuck Valley and Danbury, 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
The Naugatuck Valley/Danbury, Connecticut Coalition
will target the City of Danbury and the Naugatuck Valley
communities, which include Derby, Ansonia, Seymour,
Oxford, Beacon Falls, Naugatuck, Waterbury,
Watertown, and Thomaston. These communities share
the difficult legacy of over 50 known brownfields
properties. Naugatuck Valley brownfield sites include
several former metal finishing and brass manufacturing
sites. Environmental justice is a significant concern for
the specific areas currently under examination. The
neighborhoods in, or adjacent to, these areas contain
significant minority populations and pockets of high
unemployment.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/01/2000
Amount: $850,000: $500,000 (Danbury) $350,000
(Naugatuck Valley)
Profile: Naugatuck Valley and Danbury, CT
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: Naugatuck Valley, CT
(203) 877-5248
Objectives
The objective of the BCRLF is to return the various
brownfield sites to productive reuse. In Danbury, target
sites include the Mallory Hat Factory site and the 13
Barnum Court site. The two most likely candidates in
the Valley include the Derby Revitalization District and
a site in downtown Waterbury. Other possible sites
include the Plume and Atwood site in Thomaston, the
11 Jansen Street site in Danbury, and other properties in
Watertown, Ansonia, and Waterbury.
Activities
Fund Structure and Operations
The Valley Regional Planning Agency will serve as lead
agency. The US Army Corps of Engineers will act as
site manager. The Naugatuck Valley Development
Corporation will serve as fund manager.
Other sources of cleanup funds to be considered in
conjunction with the BCRLF include the Connecticut
Clean Water State Revolving Fund program, the
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA500-F-00-156
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Connecticut Leaking Underground Storage Tank Fund,
developer purchase funds, tax increment financing,
foundation grants, and enterprise zone designations.
Additionally, the BCRLF Pilot will receive staff time,
and other administrative support from the Valley
Regional Planning Agency, the Naugatuck Valley
Development Corporation, and participating
municipalities.
Use of BCRLF Pilot funds must be in accordance with
CERCLA, and all CERCLA restrictions on use of
funding also apply to BCRLF funds.
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
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA500-F-00-156
May 00
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