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Brownfields 2009 Assessment Grant
Fact Sheet
Capitol Region Council of Governments,
Metropolitan Hartford Region, CT
RECOUERY.GOV
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. On
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed
into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to
jumpstart our economy, and create or save millions of
jobs. This law provided stimulus funds to the
Brownfields Program to award grants to evaluate and
clean up former industrial and commercial sites. Under
this law, EPA will provide financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.
Community Description
The Capitol Region Council of Governments was
selected to receive two brownfields assessment grants.
The Council serves 35 municipalities in the
metropolitan Hartford region (combined population
895,696) in north-central Connecticut. The region
consists of a core city surrounded by lower density
suburban and rural communities. It has long been
recognized as one of the most industrialized areas of the
state, especially in the machinery and aerospace sectors.
The decline in manufacturing in the area resulted in the
loss of 16,496 jobs between 1990 and 2005, and the
creation of many brownfields. The state has identified
at least 74 brownfields in the metropolitan Hartford
region. These sites often are located in low-income
urban areas with a high percentage of minority
residents. In 2007, 23.5 percent of the region's residents
were minorities. Brownfield assessments are expected
to help the Council identify human health risks and
available resources for the eventual cleanup of
brownfield sites.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
$200,000 for petroleum (Recovery Act
Funding)
EPA has selected the Capitol Region Council of
Governments for two brownfields assessment grants.
Community-wide hazardous substances and
petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct six
Phase I and six Phase II environmental site
assessments throughout north-central Connecticut.
Grant funds also will be used to perform site
evaluation and prioritization, conduct cleanup
planning, and support 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: Capitol Region Council of
Governments,CT
(860) 522-2217 ext 222
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-09-045
May 09
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