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New Milford, 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 Town of New Milford was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Geographically, New Milford
(population 27,121) is the largest town in Connecticut.
Although the town's population has grown by 15 percent
in the last ten years, its commercial and industrial growth
has lagged during the last two decades. New Milford's
largest employer recently laid off about 450 employees.
An additional 100 jobs will be lost at another large
employer in 2005. At least 62 percent of all of New
Milford workers work out of town. The neighborhood
around the 72-acre Century Enterprise Center (CEC) site
has substandard housing and high unemployment, and is
home to many of the town's minority residents. If the old
mill site continues to deteriorate, it poses a potential threat
to groundwater and nearby residents. Once cleaned up,
the town plans to reuse the CEC site, which is
strategically located along an existing freight line, as an
industrial or distribution facility. This reuse would
generate significant tax revenues for the town and create
up to 100 new jobs. Once the CEC site is put into
productive use, the town anticipates that further
development around it will generate hundreds of desirable
jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenues.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Town of New Milford for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
used toward Phase II of the interior cleanup of the
Century Enterprise Center, which housed a brass
and copper tubing mill from 1958 to 1985. This
phase will address PCB contamination of the
concrete building slab and other contamination
found in the structure and in abandoned equipment
and scrap metal.
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: Town of New Milford,CT
(860)355-6081
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 2005
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