^    Brownfields  2014 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
               Bridgeport, 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 Bridgeport for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the former
                     Progressive Plating Technologies, Inc., site at 80
                     Hastings Street. The site was used from 1972
                     through 2000 for commercial metal plating
                     operations and has been vacant since 2001. A
                     significant portion of soil beneath the area where
                     plating operations were performed is contaminated
                     with metals. Polluted solids, sludge, or filter cakes
                     containing cyanide and metals are present in
                     below-grade sumps and tanks. Bridgeport plans to
                     engage the community through public information
                     sessions and updates to their website.
                                                      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
                                                      617-918-1278
                                                      EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
                                                      (http://www.epa.gov/regionl/bro wnfields)

                                                      Grant Recipient: City of Bridgeport,CT
                                                      203-576-3980

                                                      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-14-044
      May 2014

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