^    Brownfields 2012  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.

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/brownfields/)

Grant Recipient: City of Meriden, CT
(203)630-4151

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.
                     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 the 116 Cook
                     Avenue site. From the late 1800s until the 1970s,
                     the site had a variety of industrial uses, including
                     silverware, pewter, and gun manufacturing. The
                     site was then used as a medical office building for
                     nearly 30 years and has been vacant since 2000. It
                     is contaminated by semi-volatile organic
                     compounds, PCBs, andtrichloroethylene.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-017
      May 2012

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