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Brownfields 2002 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet
Rutland Redevelopment Authority, Vermont
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 has selected the Rutland Redevelopment Authority
for a Brownfields Assessment Pilot. The City of Rutland
(population 17,292) is a 250-year-old rail center and
manufacturing city in west central Vermont, bordered by
the Green Mountains, Taconic Mountains, and
Champlain Valley. Historically, the community's
economy has focused on agriculture, stone quarrying,
lumber production, foundry operations, and
manufacturing. As a result of these activities and
increased business sprawl into areas outside Rutland, the
city contains many abandoned or underused sites with
real or perceived environmental issues. In particular,
historical use of sites within and surrounding the city's
railroad switching yard indicates the potential for release
of hazardous substances, including volatile organic
compounds, toxic metals, polychlorinated biphenyls,
waste solvents, and cyanides. The Pilot targets three sites
adjacent to the original railyard in downtown Rutland
and between the city's current business park and central
business district.
Within the vicinity of these brownfield sites, the
residential community consists of low-income rental
properties and blue-collar housing. Rutland's
unemployment rate is 3.4 percent, compared to the state
average of 2.9 percent. The city has had a higher
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Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/01/2002
Amount: $200,000
Profile: Rutland Redevelopment Authority,
Vermont. The Pilot targets three former industrial
sites located on or near the city's railyard for
redevelopment into an industrial or commercial
complex.
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: Rutland Regional Planning
Commission,VT
(802)775-2910
Objectives
The city's objective is to facilitate the timely and
beneficial reuse of vacant and underused properties in
the vicinity of the city's railroad switching yard, while
complementing the city's ongoing rail relocation project.
The Pilot plans to accomplish this objective by
evaluating environmental conditions at the target sites
and developing site reuse plans for light manufacturing,
distribution centers, and commercial services.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
•	Conducting Phase I and Phase II environmental
site assessments on the targeted properties;
•	Preparing cleanup, reuse, and quality assurance
plans; and
•	Conducting community outreach activities to
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Washington, DC 20450
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throughout the last 10 years. Seventeen percent of the
city's households have incomes of less than $10,000 per
year, while 32 percent have incomes between $10,000
and $24, 000.
ensure public involvement.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet
been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this
fact sheet are subject to change.
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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