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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Middletown, CT
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 City of Middletown was selected to receive an
assessment grant. Middletown is the largest city in
Middlesex County and has a disproportionate share of
the county's low-income population. For this reason,
the city is considered a distressed community and an
investment community targeted by the state. The city
has pockets of very low-income populations in and
around its older industrial areas. These areas are
negatively impacted by absentee landlords, abandoned
and contaminated industrial properties, blight, and other
quality of life issues. The perception of contamination
on the city's brownfields discourages developers from
restoring these properties and returning them to
productive use.
Assessment Grant
2003
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Middletown for a
brownfields assessment grant. The city will
conduct a Phase III environmental assessment of
an industrial site in a mixed-used commercial,
industrial, and residential area in the north part of
the city. Funds also will be used to convene a
series of public meetings to involve the commu-
nity in redevelopment planning.
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 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1210
http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: City of Middletown, CT
860-344-3425
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the City
of Middletown 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.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-134
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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