Brownfields 2014 Assessment and Revolving
Loan Fund Grant Fact Sheet
Capitol Region Council of Governments, Metropolitan Hartford
Region, 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.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Capitol Region Council of
Governments (CRCOG) for two brownfields
assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous
substances and petroleum funds will be used to
conduct four Phase I and five Phase II
environmental site assessments. Grant funds also
will be used to update the brownfields inventory,
identify and prioritize candidate sites, coordinate
with the MetroHartford Brownfields Steering
Committee, develop four cleanup plans, and
conduct community outreach.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$700,000 for hazardous substances
$250,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Capitol Region Council of
Governments (CRCOG) for a brownfields
revolving loan fund grant. The grant will be used
to capitalize a revolving loan fund from which the
CRCOG will provide loans and subgrants to
support cleanup activities for sites contaminated
with hazardous substances and petroleum. The
focus will be on transit supportive sites in the
region's bus rapid transit and rail corridors.
CRCOG anticipates making two loans and two
subgrants. Grant funds also will be used to lead a
marketing campaign and 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).
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-14-047
May 2014
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EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/regionl/bro wnfields)
Grant Recipient: Capitol Region Council of
Governments,CT
(860) 522-2217 ext 222
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-14-047
May 2014
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