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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Middlesex County
Improvement Authority,
Mil/town, NJ
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Middlesex County Improvement Authority was
selected to receive an assessment grant. The target
area of Milltown is in a small community with 7,000
residents occupying 1.6-square miles in central New
Jersey. Public safety is a major concern in the working
class neighborhood near the site, which originally was
built to provide housing for workers at the operating
plants. During its 120 years of operation, the site had a
variety of uses, including rubber, printing, and synthetic
textile manufacturing. Warehouses and assembly
businesses remain on the site. There have been large
fires on the site and repeated problems with vandalism,
Assessment Grant
$350,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected Middlesex County Improve-
ment Authority for a brownfields assessment
grant. Grant funds will be used to complete site
assessment and remedial investigation of a 19.5-
acre former tire-manufacturing complex. Grant
funds also will be used for health and safety
monitoring and enforcement in conjunction with
the National Center for Neighborhoods and
Brownfields Redevelopment.
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 at:
www.epa.gov/brownfields.
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Team
212-637-4314
http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/
brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Middlesex County Improvement
Authority, NJ
609-409-5002
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the
Middlesex County Improvement Authority has received
brownfields funding for an assessment grant.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
vagrancy, vermin, and flooding. The site also has had a
negative economic impact on the neighborhood and the
whole community.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-133
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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