^    Brownfields  2010 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
               Middletown, CT
EPA Brownfields Program

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. In
2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help
states and communities around the country cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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.

Community Description

The City of Middletown was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Middletown (population
46,875)  is targeting the Remington Rand Complex in
the North End neighborhood, one of the most
economically distressed neighborhoods in the city.
Approximately 22 percent of residents in the
neighborhood are unemployed, and the median
household income is  $13,699. From the late 1800s to
the 1960s, the area was booming with prosperous
industrial activity. Today, industrial and commercial
uses are scattered among old abandoned and blighted
factories. The groundwater beneath the target site is not
suitable  for human consumption and is within one mile
of 10 municipal supply wells located along the
Connecticut River. Cleanup of the site will protect
human health and the environment, and help stimulate
the economy through reuse of the building as a small
business incubator.
                   Cleanup Grant

                   $200,000 for hazardous substances

                   EPA has selected the City of Middletown for a
                   brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                   grant funds will be used to clean up the Remington
                   Rand Complex at  180 Johnson Street. From 1897 to
                   1993, the site was used for heavy industrial purposes
                   and various types of manufacturing. Soils and
                   groundwater are contaminated with heavy metals and
                   solvents. Grant funds will also be used to conduct
                   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
                   (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).

                   EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
                   (617)918-1424
                   EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
                   (http: //www. epa.gov/region 1 /brownfields)

                   Grant Recipient: City of Middletown, Connecticut
                   860-344-3425

                   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)
EPA 560-F-10-006
        Apr 10

-------