Brownfields  2014 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
               Stratford,  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 Town of Stratford for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the Mercer
                     Fuel site at 2350 Stratford Avenue. From
                     1929-1979, the Mercer Fuel Company operated a
                     bulk coal storage and petroleum distribution
                     facility at the 0.7-acre site. The site has been
                     vacant since 1979. Soil contamination at the site
                     consists of metals and poly cyclic aromatic
                     hydrocarbons.  Grant funds also will be used for
                     cleanup planning and conducting community
                     involvement 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
                                                      617-918-1278
                                                      EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web  site
                                                      (http://www.epa.gov/regionl/bro  wnfields)

                                                      Grant Recipient: Town of Stratford,CT
                                                      203-385-4084

                                                      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-14-176
      May 2014

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