Brownfields  2009 Revolving  Loan  Fund Grant
               Fact Sheet
               Torrington, 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 Torrington was selected to receive  a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. As the largest
municipality within the Litchfield Hills region in
northwest Connecticut, the City of Torrington
(population 37,704) has a rich history of industrial
development, producing machinery, textiles, brass, and
hardware. This industrial growth was made possible by
the Naugatuck River, which served as a source  of power
for manufacturing processes. The decline of these
industries left behind many vacant mill buildings and
manufacturing sites. Today, the city has high
unemployment and poverty rates. Brownfield cleanups
conducted through the RLF grant are expected to reduce
sources of groundwater, air, and soil contamination,
and help protect the Naugatuck River. Site cleanups
also are  expected to encourage the redevelopment of
affordable housing.
                   Revolving Loan Fund Grant

                   $1,000,000 for hazardous substances
                   EPA has selected the City of Torrington for a
                   brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
                   will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund from
                   which the City of Torrington will provide loans and
                   subgrants to support cleanup activities for sites
                   contaminated with hazardous substances. Grant
                   funds also will support marketing, oversight, and
                   community outreach 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 Torrington,CT
                   (860) 496-5920

                   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-09-058
        May 09

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