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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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into
law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields 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.
Community Description
The City of Meriden was selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. Located in central Connecticut, Meriden
(population 58,244) is a struggling industrial-based city
that has seen a decline in manufacturing, resulting in
brownfields throughout the city. Approximately 11
percent of residents live below the poverty level, 20.3
percent of residents are minorities, and the per capita
income is only 74 percent of the state level. The poorest
residents in the community live near the city's blighted
and contaminated industrial and commercial properties,
and have the highest unemployment rates. Brownfields
contamination and flood control issues that pose threats to
human health and the environment have been significant
barriers to the city's economic development plans. The
city plans to transform the blighted, vacant property into a
park. This brownfields redevelopment project will provide
local residents access to open space for community
gatherings. Most importantly, the cleanup will remove a
contaminated former industrial facility from the heart of
the city. It will also create jobs, mitigate flooding, produce
economic returns, and increase the quality of life for
residents.
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 HUB site
at 1 and 77 State Street, a former mixed-use site
contaminated by metals, vinyl chloride, and other
hazardous substances. Grant funds will be used to
remove and dispose of contaminated soil, perform
groundwater sampling, and conduct 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) 918-1424
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/regionl/bro wnfields )
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.
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