Brownfields in Vermont May 2013

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Vermont

May 2013

"The term 'brownfield site' means 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(from the federal Brownfields Act of 2002)

Summary of Brownfielps Program

Originally begun as an EPA initiative in January 1995, the US EPA National Brownfields
Program has since evolved into a collaborative effort involving many federal, state and local
partners. In January 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization
Act ("the Brownfields law") was signed. This law expanded potential federal assistance for
Brownfields revitalization, including grants for assessment, cleanup, and job training. The law
also includes provisions to establish and enhance state and tribal response programs, which
will continue to play a critical role in the successful cleanup and revitalization of brownfields.
Below is a summary of the US EPA Region 1 funding for each of the key Brownfields initiatives.

EPA Brownfields Funding in New England: Program Distribution by State (1994-2013)*

Program

CT

ME

MA

NH

RI

VT

Total

Assessment
Grants

$14,698,630

$12,459,017

$27,420,131

$7,364,000

$3,503,000

$13,066,000

$78,510,778

Revolving
Loan Fund
(RLF) Grants

$16,229,645

$14,018,355

$20,318,000

$8,501,790

$5,690,000

$6,250,000

$71,007,790

Cleanup
Grants

$13,225,500

$7,650,744

$19,194,933

$3,800,000

$6,800,000

$1,600,000

$52,271,177

Job Training
Grants

$2,840,264

$200,000

$3,138,797

$0

$750,000

$0

$6,929,061

Area-Wide

Planning

Grants

$0

$175,000

$525,000

$0

$0

$200,000

$900,000

EPA

Targeted

Assessments

(TBA)

$2,760,595

$726,339

$6,023,304

$706,171

$579,217

$623,472

$11,419,098

State &

Tribal

Funding

$11,401,749

$11,792,034

$16,032,158

$13,213,753

$11,492,997

$6,470,683

$70,403,374

Showcase
Communities

$300,000

$0

$800,000

$0

$300,000

$0

$1,400,000

2009

Recovery Act

$3,095,033

$2,510,000

$4,485,000

$2,200,000

$1,200,000

$1,602,000

$15,092,033

Total

$64,551,416

$49,531,489

$97,937,323

$35,785,714

$30,315,214

$29,812,155

$307,933,311

Funding totals current as of May 2013

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Assessment Grant Program

State, tribal, and local governments are eligible to apply for funding to inventory,
characterize, assess, and conduct planning and community involvement related to brownfield
sites. Applicants may apply for $200,000 to address sites contaminated by hazardous
substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with
petroleum) and $200,000 to address sites contaminated by petroleum. Coalitions of three or
more eligible entities may apply for up to $1,000,000 and must assess a minimum of five
sites. A community-wide proposal is one in which sites are not specifically identified. The
performance period of these grants is three years and recipients are selected through an
annual national competition. The figures in the table that follows are cumulative totals for
all Assessment Grants awarded in Vermont since 1 994.

Assessment Grant Program

2009

Recovery Act Regular
Recipient Funding Funding Total Funding

Addison County Regional Planning Commission

$400,000

Bennington County Regional Commission

$756,000

Burlington

$900,000

Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission

$600,000

Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission

$800,000

Lamoille County Planning Commission

$600,000

Northeastern Vermont Development Association

$400,000

Northwest Regional Planning Commission

$1,600,000

Rutland

$200,000

Rutland Regional Planning Commission

$1,600,000

St. Johnsbury

$200,000

Southern Windsor County Regional Planning
Commission

$1,660,000

Two Rivers Ottauquechee Regional Commission

$1,200,000

Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

$400,000

Windham Regional Commission

$400,000

$1,750,000

$2,150,000

Assessment Grant Program Totals: $400,000 $13,066,000 $13,466,000

Funding totals current as of May 2013.

Revolving Loan Fund Grant Program

State, tribal, and local governments are eligible to apply for funding to capitalize a revolving
loan fund (RLF) and to provide subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfields sites.
Applicants may apply for $1,000,000 to address sites contaminated by petroleum and
hazardous substances. Two or more eligible entities may team together to form a coalition to
pool their revolving loan funds. Revolving loan funds generally are used to provide no-interest
or low-interest loans for brownfields cleanups. An RLF grant recipient may also use up to 50%
of the funds to provide subgrants to other eligible entities, including nonprofit organizations,
for brownfields cleanups on sites owned by the subgrantee. A grant recipient cannot subgrant
to itself. An RLF grant requires a 20% cost share. The performance period of these grants is
five years and recipients are selected through an annual national competition. The figures in
the table that follows are cumulative totals for all Revolving Loan Fund Grants awarded in
Vermont since 1994.

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Revolving Loan Fund Program

Recipient

2009
Recovery Act
Funding

Regular
Funding

Total Funding

Northwest Regional Planning Commission



$1,000,000

$1,000,000

Southern Windsor County Regional Planning
Commission

$590,000

$1,800,000

$2,390,000

Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community
Development

$612,000

$2,450,000

$3,062,000

Windham Regional Commission



$1,000,000

$1,000,000

Revolving Loan Fund Program Totals:

$1,202,000

$6,250,000

$7,452,000

Funding totals current as of May 2013.

Cleanup Grant Program

State, tribal, local governments and nonprofits are eligible to apply for funding to carry out
cleanup activities at Brownfields sites that they own. Applicants may apply for $200,000 per
site to address sites contaminated by petroleum and/or hazardous substances. Cleanup
grants require a 20% cost share. Eligible applicants must own the site for which it is
requesting funding in order to qualify. The performance period of these grants is three years
and recipients are selected through an annual national competition. The figures in the table
that follows are cumulative totals for all Cleanup Grants awarded in Vermont since 2003.

Cleanup Grant Program

Recipient

Site

2009
Recovery Act
Funding

Regular
Funding

Total Funding

Municipalities

St. Albans

Former Fonda Container
Company, 15 Lower Newton
Street



$200,000

$200,000

Former Fonda Container
Company, 21 Lower Newton
Street



$200,000

$200,000

Non-Profit Organizations

Brattleboro -
New England
Youth Theatre

Former Tri State Automotive, 64
Elm Street



$200,000

$200,000

56 Elm Street



$200,000

$200,000

100 Flat Street



$200,000

$200,000

Rockingham -
Bellows Falls
Historical
Society

Historic Riverfront Park & Trail
System, East of Mill Street



$200,000

$200,000

Historic Riverfront Park & Trail
System, West of Mill Street



$200,000

$200,000

Springfield -

Springfield

Regional

Development

Corporation

Jones & Lamson Plant #1, 160
Clinton Street



$200,000

$200,000

Cleanup Grant Program Totals: $0 $1,600,000 $1,600,000

Funding totals current as of May 2013.

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Job Training Grant Program

State, tribal, local governments and non-profits are eligible to apply for funding to assist
residents of communities impacted by Brownfields take advantage of jobs created by the
assessment and cleanup of brownfields. Applicants may apply for $200,000 and must be
located within or near a Brownfields Assessment Grant community. The Job Training Grant
Program's goals are to prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental field and
to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites contaminated with hazardous substances. The
performance period of these grants is two years and recipients are selected through an
annual national competition.

Area-Wipe Planning Grants

State, tribal, local governments and nonprofits are eligible to apply for funding to develop
Brownfields Area-Wide Plans and specific implementation strategies for integrating the
cleanup and reuse of brownfield sites into neighborhood revitalization efforts. Applicants may
apply for up to $200,000 to conduct research, technical assistance and training that will
result in an area-wide plan and implementation strategy for key brownfield sites, which will
help inform the assessment, cleanup and reuse of these properties and promote area-wide
revitalization. Funding is directed to specific areas, such as a neighborhood, downtown
district, local commercial corridor, or city block, affected by a single large or multiple
brownfield sites. The performance period of these grants is two years and recipients were
selected through a national competition in 2010 & 2013. The figures in the table that
follows are cumulative totals for all Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grants awarded in
Vermont in 201 0 & 201 3.

Area-Wide Planning Grant Program

Recipient

Regular
Funding

Total Funding

Burlington

$200,000

Area-Wide Planning Grant Program Totals:

$200,000

Funding totals current as of May 2013.

Targeted Brownfields Assessments fTBAI

One of EPA's non-grant programs is the Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) Program.
TBAs are conducted by an EPA contractor on behalf of municipalities or non-profits. This is a
"grant of services" where an EPA contractor performs the site assessment. The purpose of a
TBA is to minimize the uncertainties associated with actual or perceived contamination that
complicates the redevelopment of vacant or underutilized properties. The average value of
these assessments is $100,000. There is usually one round of selections per year and
applications are accepted at any time. The Brownfields Law expanded the TBA program's
eligible sites to also include those contaminated solely by petroleum products. Call Alan
Peterson at (617) 918-1022 for more information. Below is a summary of the sites and
amount of TBA funding received in Vermont since 1 997.

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Recipient

Site

2009
Recovery Act
Funding

Regular
Funding

Total Funding

Barre

Merchants Row, 9 Depot Square



$256,851

$256,851

Montpelier

CarrLot, 1 Taylor Street



$110,317

$110,317

Rockingham

Bellows Falls Historical Society
Property, 20-79 Mill Street



$100,000

$100,000



TLR Complex, Mill Street



$56,304

$56,304

Windsor

Goodyear Industrial Campus, 28
River Street



$100,000

$100,000

EPA Targeted Brownfields Assessments Totals:

$0.00

$623,472

$623,472

Funding totals current as of May 2013.

State & Tribal Brownfielps Funding

States and tribes play a significant role in identifying, cleaning up and redeveloping
brownfield properties. EPA provides up to $50 million annually in grants to states and tribes
to establish or enhance their response programs that address the assessment, cleanup, and
redevelopment of brownfields. States and tribes can use this funding to establish or expand
voluntary cleanup programs, perform environmental assessments and cleanups, capitalize a
cleanup revolving loan fund, purchase environmental insurance, establish or maintain a
public record of sites, oversee cleanups, and to conduct site specific activities. Below is a
summary of the amount of funding received in Vermont since 1 994.

State & Tribal Brownfields Funding

State Funding

Recipient



Year

Funding

Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Pre-Law

$326,600





2003

$397,030





2004

$434,975





2005

$345,794





2006

$732,144





2007

$739,565





2008

$742,144





2009

$807,500





2010

$783,275





2011

$600,000





2012

$561,656

State Program Total:



$6,470,683

Funding total current as of May 2013.

State Assessments

Recipient

Site





Barre

10,15,19 & 22 Gable Place



Twin Cities Sandblasting, 32 Granite Street



Former Crusher Plant, 225 Websterville Road

Bennington

Jard Chemical Company, Bowen Road

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Recipient Site

Brattleboro

19 Bennett Drive/Country News

Delta Campus, Dylan Road

Tri State Auto, 64 Elm Street

Burlington

151 South Champlain Street

East Montpelier

Washington Electric, 110 Route 14

Enosburg

Diesel #1 Building, 18 Duffy Hill Road

Hartford

34 Prospect Street

Parkway Cleaners, 305 Maple Street

Johnson

Vermont Electric Coop, 182 School Street

Ludlow

Jewell Brook Property
Charles Street

Lyndonville

Morrisville

Oxbow Park

Authur's Department Store, 63 Lower Main Street

Newbury

Adams Paper Mill, 15 Mill Street Route 302

North

Bennington

BCIC Building Complex, Bowen Road

Vermont Tissue, 1514 North Bennington Road

Pownal

Barlow Gravel Pit, 536 Dean Road

Richford

Sweat Comings

Rockingham

TLR Complex

West of Mill Street, 20-79 Mill Street

St Johnsbury

St Johnsbury Armory (Recreation Department), 1249 Main Street

Saxtons River

Sandri Property, 40 Main Street

Shaftsbury

Stanley Tools Site, Eagle Street

Springfield

Jones & Lamson Plant #1, 160 Clinton Street

PVDC Property, 100 River Street

Edgar May Health & Recreation Center 140 Clinton Street

Thetford

Malmquist Mills, Route 113 & Barker Road

Topsham

Topsham Plating, 26 Powder Spring Road

Vergennes

Haviland Shade Roller Mill & Annex, 1-2 Canal Street

Windsor

Downtown Windsor Stacey Property, Depot Street

Downtown Windsor, Depot Avenue

Downtown Windsor, WAG Center

Downtown Windsor, Levesque Plumbing and Heating

Downtown Windsor, National Street

Downtown Windsor, Jarvis Street

Downtown Windsor, River Street

Downtown Windsor, Town Garage

Downtown Windsor, Railroad Property

Windsor Gas Light Company, River Street

State Cleanups

Recipient Site

Brattleboro

Estey Organ Playground, 108-130 Birge Street

Brattleboro Waterfront Gas Works, 26 Depot Street

Brattleboro Waterfront Scale House, 26 Depot Street

Brattleboro Waterfront Archery Building, 26 Depot Street

Brattleboro Waterfront Bob's Auto, 26 Depot Street

Burlington

Moran Plant, 475 Lake Street

Enosburg

Diesel #1 Building, 18 Duffy Hill Road

Newbury

Adams Paper Mill, 15 Mill Street Route 302

Springfield

PVDC Property, 100 River Street

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Showcase Communities

Showcase Communities were selected as national models demonstrating the benefits of
collaborative activity on brownfields. These communities are distributed across the country and
vary by size, resources, and community type. A wide range of support from federal agencies
including tax incentives were leveraged, depending on the needs of each Showcase Community.
An important goal of this program was to develop national models that demonstrate the positive
results of public and private collaboration to address brownfields challenges. Showcase
Communities were selected through a national competition in 1998 & 2000.

EPA New England Brownfields Program Contacts

Brownfields Section Chief

Carol Tucker, 617-918-1221
tucker.carol@epa.gov

Brownfields Coordinator

Diane Kelley, 617-918-1424
kelley.diane@epa.gov

Assessment Grant Program

Christine Lombard, 61 7-918-1 305
lombard.chris@epa.gov

Cleanup Grant Program & State Funding

Jim Byrne, 617-918-1389
byrne.james@epa.gov

Revolving Loan Fund Grant Program

Joe Ferrari, 61 7-918-1 105
ferrari.joe@epa.gov

Job Training Grant Program

Kathleen Castagna, 61 7-918-1429
castagna.kathleen@epa.gov

Targeted Brownfields Assessment Program

Alan Peterson, 61 7-918-1022
peterson.alan@epa.gov

All Appropriate Inquiries

Dorrie Paar, 61 7-918-1432
paar.dorrie@epa.gov

ACRES & Davis-Bacon

Frank Gardner, 617-918-1278
gardner.frank@epa.gov

Sustainable Development

Jessica Dominguez, 61 7-918-1 627
dominguez.jessica@epa.gov

Tribal Funding & Historic Preservation

Amy Jean McKeown, 61 7-918-1248
mckeown .amyj ean @epa.gov

National Panel Coordinator

Jerry Minor-Gordon, 61 7-918-1312
minor-gordon.jerry@epa.gov

Petroleum & Green Remediation

Laurie O'Connor, 61 7-918-1605
oconnor.laurie@epa.gov

Visit: www.epa.gov/regionl/brownfields

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