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Brownfields 2004 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Capitol Region Council of Governments, Central Connecticut
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. Abrownfield 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 1 1, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into
law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Pv.evitalization 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 Capitol P^gion Council of Governments (CPv.COG)
was selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant.
CRCOG represents 34 contiguous cities and towns (total
population 733,673) that comprise the 760-square-mile
metropolitan Hartford region. Between 1990 and 2001,
the region experienced a 26 percent drop in employment
in machining and aerospace, two ofits core industries.
There also was a nearly 13 percent drop in employment in
the insurance sector. These drastic reductions have left
numerous underutilized commercial and industrial sites
across the region. At the same time, the region's minority
population has grown from nearly 21 percent to more than
27 percent. The metropolitan Hartford region also has
experienced a sprawling development pattern with open
space and agricultural lands consumed for new
development and infrastructure, thereby reducing
greenspace and endangering the environment. Assessment
and redevelopment of the region's brownfields sites are
expected to create jobs and increase tax revenues, while
reducing the pressure on open space and preserving
natural resources.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Capitol Pv.egion Council of
Governments for a brownfields assessment grant.
Grant funds will be used to create a regional
inventory of sites, prioritize and select sites for
evaluation, and conduct Phase I and Phase II site
assessments at petroleum-contaminated sites in the
capitol region.
Contacts
For farther 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 go v/brownfi el d s).
EPA P^gion 1 Brownfields Team
(617) 913-1424
EPA Poegion 1 Brownfields Web site
(http: //www. ep a go v/regi onl/bro wnfi el d s)
Grant Recipient: Capitol Region Council
of Governments, CT
Capitol Pv.egion Council of Governments
522-2217 ext 222
Capitol Pv.egion Council of Governments
522-2217 ext 231
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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