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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