Brownfields 2009 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Lamoille County Planning Commission, VT
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 Lamoille County Planning Commission (LCPC)
was selected to receive two brownfields assessment
grants. The LCPC serves 15 municipalities (combined
population 23,233) in Lamoille County in north-central
Vermont. The LCPC inventory to date has identified
two dozen brownfield sites that are in addition to the
state-identified 70-plus sites in the region. These sites
are located in villages, downtown areas, and growth
centers that developed along the Lamoille River. These
areas also tend to be the most blighted and
economically distressed areas in the region. Growth in
the region is attributed to the county's proximity to the
state's largest business district, Burlington; the state
capital, Montpelier; and other employment centers. At
the same time, manufacturing jobs continue to leave the
area. The county's average wage and median household
income are below the state averages. Brownfield
assessments are expected to facilitate the development
of cleanup strategies and efforts to maintain
communities that provide living-wage jobs and
affordable housing opportunities.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Lamoille County Planning
Commission for two brownfields assessment grants.
Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds
will be used to conduct about seven Phase I and up
to three Phase II environmental site assessments.
Petroleum funds will be used to conduct about seven
Phase I and five to six Phase II environmental site
assessments. Grant funds also will be used to
conduct cleanup planning, and continue inventory,
prioritization, and public 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: Lamoille County Planning
Commission, VT
(802) 888-4548 ext 110
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-09-079
May 09
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