^    Brownfields  2013 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
               Meriden, 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.
                     Cleanup Grant

                     $200,000 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected the City of Meriden for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up a parcel
                     located at 50 East Main Street. The parcel was
                     once part of the HUB site, which was first
                     developed in the mid-1800s as a manufacturing
                     facility. The site was later used for glass cutting,
                     silver manufacturing, wooden door
                     manufacturing, and a variety of shops. By 2007,
                     all businesses at the site were no longer in
                     operation, and all buildings had been demolished.
                     The parcel is contaminated with semi-volatile and
                     volatile organic compounds, and heavy metals.
                     Grant funds also will be used to 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
                                                      617-918-1429
                                                      EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web  site
                                                      (http://www.epa.gov/region01/br ownfields/)

                                                      Grant Recipient: City of Meriden,CT
                                                      203-630-4152

                                                      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-13-009
      May 2013

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