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Brownfields 2009 Cleanup Grant Fact
Sheet
Bristol, 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
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into
law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The
Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our
economy, and create or save millions of jobs. This law
provided stimulus funds to the Brownfields Program to
award grants to evaluate and clean up former industrial
and commercial sites. Under this law, EPA will provide
financial assistance to eligible applicants through four
competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving
loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.
Community Description
The City of Bristol was selected to receive two
brownfields cleanup grants. Bristol (population 60,958),
located in central Connecticut, once had a thriving
manufacturing industry, but had lost all of its significant
manufacturing businesses by 1995. This history has left
behind a legacy of vacant, underutilized, and
contaminated properties throughout the city. Many of
these sites, including the former H.J. Mills property, are at
the gateways to the city's downtown business district. The
neighborhood where the property is located has a lower
per capita income, higher poverty level, and higher
unemployment rate than the state and the nation as a
whole. Cleanup of the target site will reduce potential
health hazards to the community, and is expected to allow
the city to redevelop the site into a parking lot that will
serve local businesses and the community.
Cleanup Grants

$345,033 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
EPA has selected the City of Bristol for two
brownfields cleanup grants. Grant funds will be
used to clean up three parcels at the former H.J.
Mills property at 149-151 Church Street. The
property operated as a paper and cardboard box
manufacturing facility from 1895 through 1985,
and was vacant until destroyed by fire in 1998.
The site is contaminated with hazardous
substances co-mingled with petroleum.
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 Bristol,CT
(860)584-6190
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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