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Brownfields 1997 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet
Naugatuck Valley, CT
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
EPA Region 1 selected the Naugatuck Valley Regional
Planning Agency for a Regional Brownfields Pilot.
Naugatuck River Valley has a long history of industrial
development and contains at least 168 contaminated
sites. In 1992, there was a 9.9 percent unemployment
rate in the Central Valley. The depressed economy
typifies the troubled economy of the State. Current
projections for job growth in Connecticut through year
2010 are the lowest in the nation. The Pilot will focus on
two or three sites within the 45-mile long valley, that will
be selected through an advisory committee including
members from participating towns.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 10/01/1996
Amount: $90,000
Profile: The Pilot targets two or three brownfields
with redevelopment potential within the 45-mile
Valley.
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/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Naugatuck Valley, CT
(203)735-8688
Objectives
The intent of the Valley Regional Planning Agency's
brownfields effort is to assess cleanup and reuse
contaminated land and water in the Valley. The Valley
Regional Planning Agency will establish and maintain a
Regional Environmental Redevelopment Agency
(RERA) to act as the primary brownfields broker and
redevelopment facilitator for the Naugatuck Valley. The
Pilot plans to establish selection criteria to identify
priority sites for redevelopment, thereby facilitating
remediation and redevelopment by assessing these sites,
identifying potential purchasers, and designing a
regional land-use plan.
Activities
The Pilot has:
• Received commitments from eight municipalities
in the Valley to be participating members of
RERA. Seeking participation of other
municipalities; and
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•	Prepared and distributed a communications
package that included several fact sheets
describing the function of RERA and key
brownfields-related topics to various businesses,
community, and governmental groups.
The Pilot is:
•	Establishing site selection criteria and identifying
priority sites for brownfields redevelopment;
•	Planning to conduct environmental assessments
at priority sites;
•	Working to expand community awareness of
brownfields and the environment through
additional outreach planning; and
•	Planning to develop a comprehensive
remediation and development strategy for two or
three sites. This will include consideration of
alternative ownership mechanisms that address
liability limitations, interim financing, sale
contracts, and local authority approvals.
Experience with the Naugatuck Valley Pilot has been a
catalyst for related activities including the following.
•	RERA is working with the State of Connecticut
to establish a revolving loan fund that could be
used to finance brownfields redevelopment
projects within the Naugatuck Valley.
•	Developing other services to assist municipalities
and private parties in redeveloping brownfields
sites. These services include creating: (1) a
revolving loan fund; (2) a voluntary
clearinghouse of available brownfields
properties; (3) a technical assistance service
available to municipalities seeking to acquire
abandoned properties; and (4) ad hoc advisory
councils to help resolve future redevelopment
issues.
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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Brownfields 1997 Supplemental Assessment
Pilot Fact Sheet
Naugatuck Valley, CT
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
EPA awarded Naugatuck Valley supplemental assistance
for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot. The
Naugatuck River Valley has a long history of industrial
development and contains at least 168 contaminated
sites. In 1992, there was a 9.9 percent unemployment
rate in the Central Valley. The depressed economy
typifies the troubled economy of the state. Current
projections for job growth in Connecticut through the
year 2010 are the lowest in the nation.
The supplemental Pilot will continue the coordinated
efforts of municipalities within the 45-mile-long valley.
The Valley Regional Planning Agency (VRPA)
established the Naugatuck Valley Brownfields Pilot
(NVBP) to act as the Pilot's primary brownfields broker
and redevelopment facilitator. Since its origination, the
Pilot has added two municipalities within the valley for
brownfields assessments; the VRPA now coordinates
brownfields projects on behalf of 10 municipalities
within the valley. Brownfields within each municipality
are selected for assessment by an advisory committee
that includes members from participating towns.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 03/01/2000
Amount: $150,000
Profile: Naugatuck Valley, CT. The Pilot targets
brownfields from 10 municipalities within the
45-mile-long Naugatuck Valley.
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/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Naugatuck Valley, CT
(203)735-8688
Objectives
The intent of the VRPA's brownfields effort is to assess,
clean up, and reuse contaminated land and water in the
valley. Utilizing the administrative capacity of the
regional organization and the individual municipalities
facilitated through the original Pilot funding, the
supplemental funding will be used primarily for
environmental assessments. The Pilot will use
established selection criteria to identify priority sites for
redevelopment and then facilitate cleanup and
redevelopment by assessing these sites and creating
final development strategies.
To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:
•	Identify brownfields within each of the
participating municipalities; and
•	Conduct Phase II environmental assessments at
the targeted properties.
The information presented in this fact sheet comes from
the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of
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