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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Griswold, 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. Abrownfield 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, the President
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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Town of Griswold was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Of the town's 10,807
residents, 3,713 live in the target area, half of whom
have low or moderate incomes. The former wire
manufacturing facility once employed 700 to 800
people, and had been the town's largest employer. The
downsizing and eventual closing of the site had a
significant negative impact on the local economy.
There is concern that surface and ground contamina-
tion could have leached into a 102-acre pond near the
site that is used for recreation. Environmental assess-
ment is expected to lead to the site's cleanup and
redevelopment as a high-tech industrial and manufac-
turing park that will provide needed j obs for the entire
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Town of Griswold for a
brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be
used to perform Phase I and Phase II assess-
ments of a 17-acre former wire manufacturing
site. Contamination consists of various chemicals
and compounds that were used in the manufactur-
ing of wire, including lead, dichloromethane,
antimony trioxide, volatile and semi-volatile
organic compounds, PCBs, and copper.
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
617-918-1221
http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Griswold, CT
860-376-7084
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
town. The town also intends to reclaim an area of the
pond's shoreline contiguous to the site to establish a
conservation easement for use by the general public.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-04-229
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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