Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Representative Peter Welch (D-Vermont) Thursday announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected six Vermont communities to receive a total of $2 million for grants under the Brownfield Grant Program that will help them assess and clean up contaminated properties to facilitate their redevelopment and reuse.
In a joint statement, Leahy, Sanders and Welch said: “These investments protect public health and the environment in communities. But even beyond those benefits, they also help turn these community liabilities into job-creating and revenue-generating community assets. The Brownfields Program is a template for partnerships that empower communities and private organizations to work together in forging solutions and getting results.”
Competitive grants in funding toward EPA cooperative agreements (SEE DETAILS OF PROJECTS BELOW) have been approved for Brattleboro ($400,000); the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission ($400,000); the Lamoille County Planning Commission ($400,000), the Northwest Regional Planning Commission ($200,000); the Springfield Regional Development Corporation, for the Bryant Grinder site ($200,000); and the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission ($400,000). Vermont’s statewide total of $2 million in grants is from $54.3 million that EPA will release nationwide, to 147 communities.
In selecting from among the many applicants, the agency looks for strong partnerships and plans to leverage these grants with other public-private investments. According to EPA, these communities “use an inclusive process to catalyze the redevelopment of vacant formerly used manufacturing and commercial sites for broader revitalization in their downtowns. This results in a transformed economy and environment while addressing poverty and economic distress.”
According to EPA, since the start of the Brownfields Program in 1995, cumulative program investments have leveraged more than $22 billion from a variety of public and private sources for cleanup and redevelopment activities. “This equates to an average of $17.79 leveraged per EPA brownfield dollar expended,” according to the agency, adding these investments have resulted in the creation of about 105,942 jobs nationwide.”
PROJECTS
Brownfields 2015 Grant Fact Sheet Brattleboro, VT
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. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and communities around the country cleanup and revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Town of Brattleboro for two brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct five Phase I and four Phase II environmental site assessments. Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct five Phase I and three Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds of both types also will be used to support community engagement activities, and develop up to three cleanup plans and one area-wide plan for each type of grant.
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 617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Website: http://www.epa.gov/region1/brownfields
Grant Recipient: Town of Brattleboro, VT 802-251-8112
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.
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
May 2015
Brownfields 2015 Grant Fact Sheet Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission
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. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and communities around the country cleanup and revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission for two brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to complete three Phase I and four Phase II environmental assessments. Grant funds also will be used to conduct cleanup planning and community outreach activities. Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct the same tasks at sites with potential petroleum contamination.
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 617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Website: http://www.epa.gov/region1/brownfields
Grant Recipient: Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission, VT 802-229-0389
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.
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
May 2015
Brownfields 2015 Grant Fact Sheet Lamoille County Planning Commission, VT
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. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and communities around the country cleanup and revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Lamoille County Planning Commission for two brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct two Phase I and three Phase II environmental site assessments and develop two cleanup plans. Grant funds also will be used to support community engagement activities. Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct the same tasks at sites with potential petroleum contamination.
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 617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Website: http://www.epa.gov/region1/brownfields
Grant Recipient: Lamoille County Planning Commission, VT 802-888-4548, ext. 105
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.
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
May 2015
Brownfields 2015 Grant Fact Sheet Northwest Regional Planning Commission, Northwestern Vermont
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. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and communities around the country cleanup and revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Northwest Regional Planning Commission for a brownfields assessment grant. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct one Phase I, two Phase II, and one supplemental Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to conduct community engagement activities and cleanup planning.
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 617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Website: http://www.epa.gov/region1/brownfields
Grant Recipient: Northwest Regional Planning Commission, VT 802-524-5958
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.
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
May 2015
Brownfields 2015 Grant Fact Sheet Springfield Regional Development Corporation, VT
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. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and communities around the country cleanup and revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Springfield Regional Development Corporation for a brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to clean up the Bryant Grinder site at 257 Clinton Street. The 16.2-acre site was home to a metal machining equipment manufacturer and a concrete casting company from 1909 to 2005, and has been vacant since then. Site contamination includes volatile organic compounds, PCBs, metals, and inorganic contaminants. Grant funds also will be used to conduct 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 617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Website: http://www.epa.gov/region1/brownfields
Grant Recipient: Springfield Regional Development Corporation, VT 802-885-3061
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.
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
May 2015
Brownfields 2015 Grant Fact Sheet Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, East-Central Vermont
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. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and communities around the country cleanup and revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission for two brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct four Phase I and two Phase II environmental site assessments. Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct six Phase I and three Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds of both types also will be used to identify and prioritize sites and to support public engagement and cleanup planning 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 617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Website: http://www.epa.gov/region1/brownfields
Grant Recipient: Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, VT 802-457-3188
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.
More information on EPA’s brownfields program:http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
More information on brownfields success stories:http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/success/index.htm
More information on the six Vermont grants: http://www.leahy.senate.gov/download/2015-vt-brownfields-ac-grant-fact-sheets_region01
(THURSDAY, May 28, 2015) – Delegation