^ Brownfields 2011 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Police Activity League of Waterbury, Inc., CT
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 Police Activity League of Waterbury, Inc., (PAL)
was selected to receive two brownfields cleanup grants.
Located in the Naugatuck River Valley area of western
Connecticut, Waterbury (population 107,271) was once
known as the Brass City. Its broad manufacturing base led
to prosperity, jobs, and dense development. The dramatic
decline of the manufacturing sector has resulted in
significant job losses and left behind numerous
abandoned, underused, and potentially contaminated
brownfield sites. There are brownfields in every
neighborhood of the city. The city has a list of nearly 200
suspected and 34 confirmed brownfield sites. Waterbury
has had the state's highest unemployment rate for most of
the past eight years. The poverty rate in the neighborhood
adjoining the two target sites is 40 percent. More than 49
percent of neighborhood residents are minorities. Cleanup
of the 27 Division Street and the 57 Division Street sites
is expected to advance PAL's plan to create a community
park that will include athletic fields, public picnic areas,
and urban greenspace.
Cleanup Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Police Activity League of
Waterbury, Inc., for two brownfields cleanup
grants. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
used to clean up the 2.1-acre 27 Division Street
site in Waterbury. Originally used as a rolling
mill, the site also has been used as a lumber yard,
vehicle repair shop, and construction equipment
storage facility over the past 100 years. It is
contaminated with semi-volatile organic
compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,
and metals. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
clean up the 0.5-acre 57 Division Street site in
Waterbury. Originally part of a rolling mill, the
site also has been used as a bakery and an auto
storage and repair facility. The site contains an
underground storage tank, and the soil is
contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons.
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/regionl/bro wnfields)
Grant Recipient: Police Activity League of
Waterbury, Inc.,CT
203-346-3921
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)
E PA 560-F-128-002
May 2011
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