Brownfields 2010 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
              Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, East Central
              Vermont
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 Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
was selected to receive two brownfields assessment
grants. The Commission represents 30 towns (combined
population 56,185) in east-central Vermont. The
targeted Towns of Randolph and Hartford serve as
regional employment centers and contain historic
downtown areas. Randolph has a history of
manufacturing from companies such as Vermont
Castings woodstoves and Ethan Allen furniture. There
are 14 sites in Randolph that are on the state"s
hazardous sites list. Hartford contains the only active
rail yard in the region, along with several warehouses,
and has long served as a transportation hub and regional
distribution center. It contains 31 potential brownfields
listed by the state and dozens more that are not listed.
From 1998 to 2008, the manufacturing sector declined
by 29 percent in Hartford and 48 percent in Randolph.
Assessment of brownfields will clarify environmental
concerns and build upon past efforts to return
brownfields to beneficial reuse.
                  Assessment Grants $200,000 for hazardous
                  substances $200,000 for petroleum
                  EPA has selected the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee
                  Regional Commission for two brownfields
                  assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous
                  substances and petroleum grant funds will be used to
                  identify sites and conduct Phase I and Phase II
                  environmental site assessments  in the Towns of
                  Randolph and Hartford, which are the two largest
                  towns represented by the Commission.

                  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: Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional
                  Commission, VT
                  (802)457-3188

                  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-10-038
        Apr 10

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