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Brownfields 2005 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Stamford, 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 Stamford was selected to receive two
brownfields cleanup grants. Stamford (population
117,083) is located in the southwestern corner of
Connecticut, along the Long Island Sound. In the late
19th and early 20th Centuries, the southern portion of the
city was home to numerous commercial and
manufacturing facilities. When Stamford transformed
from a manufacturing center into a corporate hub,
neglected factories, abandoned utility sites, and other
deteriorating remnants of the city's heyday remained
behind. This area became an "inner-city" neighborhood,
with a concentration of impoverished minorities and
substandard housing. The target South End historic district
has a 24 percent poverty rate, and an 11 percent
unemployment rate. It also contains numerous
brownfields, and has the city's highest crime rate. Once
the sites are cleaned up, they will become part of the
Stamford Urban Transitway, a new four-lane facility that
will provide direct access to the Stamford Intermodal
Transportation Center, enhance the use of bus service,
improve transportation mobility of low-income
households, and encourage redevelopment opportunities
through improved accessibility. The redevelopment will
create vital employment opportunities for residents of
Stamford's South End and contiguous communities.
Cleanup Grant
$225,500 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Stamford for two
brownfields cleanup grants. Grant funds will be
used to clean up and remove soil contaminated by
hazardous substances at the Seaboard Equities
property at 1 Dock Street. The property was the
site of the Stamford Gas Light Company, a coal
gasification plant, between 1888 and 1930. Grant
funds also will be used to clean up and remove
soil contaminated by hazardous substances at 114
Manhattan Street, currently the location of an
office building and parking lot. The site previously
was the location the Tri-Chem chemical plant.
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 Stamford,CT
(203) 977-4190
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-05-167
May 2005

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