^    Brownfields 2013 Cleanup Grant  Fact Sheet
               Hartford, 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 Grants

                     $400,000 for hazardous substances

                     $200,000 for petroleum

                     EPA has selected the City of Hartford for three
                     brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up a 1.2-acre
                     parcel at 393 Homestead Avenue. The site was
                     once the home of the Philbrick-Booth-Spencer
                     factory and foundry, a manufacturer of metal
                     castings for airplane engines. Environmental
                     concerns as the site include elevated
                     concentrations of volatile and semi-volatile
                     organic compounds, PCBs, and heavy metals.
                     Hazardous substances grant funds also will be
                     used to clean up the currently vacant grassed lot at
                     70 Edwards Street. A paint and oil store,
                     established on the property in 1922, was
                     demolished in 1980. Soil and groundwater became
                     contaminated due  to the paint and oil formerly
                     located on the site. Environmental concerns
                     include semi-volatile organic compounds, metals,
                     and areas of polluted fill. Petroleum grant funds
                     will be used to clean up the Downtown North
                     Project Area at 40 Chapel Street. Soil and
                     groundwater have been impacted by petroleum
                     released from a 3,000-gallon heating oil
                     underground storage tank on the site. The site is
                     currently occupied by a gravel parking lot. Grant
                     funds for each of these sites also will be used to
                     conduct 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
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-13-053
      May 2013

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                                                         (http://www.epa.gov/region01/br ownfields/)

                                                         Grant Recipient: City of Hartford,CT
                                                         860-757-9024

                                                         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-13-053
       May 2013

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