Valley Council of Governments Brownfields Current Projects

Through the Regional Brownfields Partnership that VCOG hosts, we provide funding for assessment and cleanup projects from a number of state and federal programs as well as project management services for our municipal members.

The projects underway are listed below by address.

Abbreviations:
EPA ARRA – US Environmental Protection Agency, American Resource and Recovery Act
EPA BRLF - US Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund
DECD Fund – CT Department of Economic and Community Development Brownfields Fund
HRR Fund – Housatonic River Restoration Fund

Address	Funding Source	Activity
126 Canal Street, Shelton	EPA ARRA	Former Rolfite Manufacturing Site, Shelton Led by the SEDC, the complicated cleanup of this downtown riverside parcel is nearly complete (10/2011). The City will be soliciting developers to bring the site full circle to productive reuse. VCOG provided some of the cleanup funding under the ARRA and BRLF programs.

286 Main Street, Plymouth	EPA ARRA	Plymouth This site is being incorporated into another parcel to create Waterwheel Park on Main Street. Contamination, some of which may date back nearly 150 years, has been resolved. The site work was completed in October 2011. ARRA & BRLF funding provided by VCOG along with CT Tourism grants made the cleanup possible.

Fairfield Hills Campus, Newtown	EPA ARRA, EPA BRLF	Newtown VCOG provided ARRA funds for asbestos abatement in these duplexes to ready them for commercial reuse. The cleanup was completed in the summer of 2011.
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58 Maple St., Naugatuck	EPA ARRA, EPA BRLF	Naugatuck VCOG granted ARRA and BRLF funds that supported other funding arranged by the Borough to cleanup this large downtown former manufacturing site. Plans are proceeding for the redevelopment as a medical center.

16 Cherry Avenue, Waterbury	EPA ARRA	Cherry Avenue, Waterbury VCOG provided ARRA funds are assisting with the abatement of universal wastes during the deconstruction of this former manufacturing complex. EPA, Economic Development Administration, CT DECD and City funding have been combined to make way for more than $4,000,000 of private investment and the preservation of about 50 jobs.

153 Main St., 497 East Main St., Ansonia	DECD, EPA BRLF	Former Palmer Brothers, Ansonia VCOG arranged funding and supervised the management of the cleanup of this former manufacturing site. The City was given a forgivable DECD Brownfield cleanup loan and a grant from the VCOG EPA BRLF. The cleanup is complete (as of 10/2011). VCOG is managing the post cleanup groundwater monitoring for the City. It is expected that the site will be renovated into transit-oriented residential development.

316 Park St., Bristol	EPA BRLF	Bristol A blighted former gas station has been demolished and extensive contamination remediated at this site, which will now be incorporated into the renovated entrance to Rockwell Park. A $190,000 grant from the VCOG EPA BRLF program funded the cleanup concluded in late 2011.
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22-26 Beaver Street, Ansonia	EPA BRLF, DECD	Beaver Street, Ansonia A combination of Connecticut programs and a loan from the VCOG BRLF have supported the cleanup of this more than 100 year old manufacturing site. New living wage manufacturing jobs have been created at this formerly underused site.

109 River Road, Seymour	EPA BRLF	Housatonic Wire, Seymour VCOG has assisted the Town in arranging for assessment funding for aspects of this project. A BRLF cleanup loan has been authorized for a prospective developer, should the funds be needed.

1981 East Main Street, Waterbury	DECD	Mattaco, Waterbury VCOG's DECD brownfields funds were part of the funding that resulted in the cleanup of this site. Planned reuse includes a senior center, a banquet hall and a funeral home.
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100 Railroad Avenue, Beacon Falls	DECD	100 Railroad Avenue, Beacon Falls The Town received a grant from VCOG to conduct a Phase I site assessment to limit its liability should the Town accept the property as a donation. The effects of past industrial use had to be defined to understand the potential cost of any environmental cleanup. The site is still under consideration for use as an EMT training center and storage for the Town.

O'Sullivan's Peninsula, Derby	DECD	O'Sullivan's Island, Derby VCOG funding has supported the extended efforts of the City to clean up this site. EPA assessment funds and DECD funds have resulted in the assessment, abatement and demolition of contaminated structures. The City is working to enhance this regional park at the confluence of the Naugatuck and Housatonic Rivers.

O'Sullivan's Peninsula, Derby	HRR Fund	O'Sullivan's Island, Derby VCOG funding has supported the extended efforts of the City to clean up this site. EPA assessment funds and DECD funds have resulted in the assessment, abatement and demolition of contaminated structures. The City is working to enhance this regional park at the confluence of the Naugatuck and Housatonic Rivers.

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