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Brownfields 2007 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
New Haven, 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 New Haven was selected to receive two
brownfields cleanup grants. New Haven (population
123,626) lies on Connecticut's coast. The cleanup and
redevelopment of the two target sites are an integral part
of the city's River Street Municipal Development Plan.
The plan focuses on the Fair Haven neighborhood, a
distressed community along one of the city's oldest
industrial corridors. Fair Haven is a primarily minority
neighborhood within the city's federally designated
Empowerment Zone. More than 55 percent of its
residents are Hispanic, and 24 percent are
African-American. Thirty-one percent of residents have
incomes below the poverty level. The corridor is home to
several manufacturing concerns, but 41 percent of the
area is vacant space. The combination of high poverty,
high unemployment, and brownfields poses environmental
justice issues. The River Street Municipal Development
Plan calls for redevelopment and reuse of historic
buildings, development of a waterfront park, and
improvement of public infrastructure. These projects will
bring much-needed jobs, housing, and a commercial
outlet to the neighborhood.
Cleanup Grants
$400,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of New Haven for two
brownfields cleanup grants. Grant funds will be
used to clean up 34 Lloyd Street, which formerly
was used as a scrap metal facility, a boat repair
business, and a fuel oil supply company. Grant
funds also will be used to clean up 56 River Street,
a former railroad yard and truck trailer storage
yard. Contaminants of concern at both sites
include metals, polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons, and PCBs. Funds from both grants
will be used for community outreach 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 New Haven,CT
(203) 946-8200
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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Protection Agency	Response (5105T)	May 2007
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