Brownfield Sites of Connecticut
Brownfield Sites
Tips, Hints, and Resources Page 2009 Update
If any of the links has changed as is no longer the appropriate site I intended for you, back out, close the window, and tell me A.S.A.P.
Tips and Hints:
1. This project is about doing research and working in multiple windows.
2. You can often get a picture from Mapquest or Google Earth. To get the picture into the form. View it on
your screen, do a Ctrl+Print Screen, put the curser where you want it to go, paste, and then crop it down
to size.
3. Good questions are those such as… “Is it safe to put a day care center on this property?”… “Is it safe to
put a well for drinking water at this site?”
4. A good hypothesis would look at how to check whether the contaminate is still there. If mercury is still
present at the site, then a test of the soil for mercury will return back a positive result, because the site
has not been fully decontaminated. You can change this example to fit your situation.
5. You do not need to know how to do a test for mercury, just that the test can be used to show the site has
been cleaned or still needs to be remediated.
6. The Email: It will help you to pretend that you are a real estate agent, and that someone has contacted
you asking about the property. Explain to them how a test may be used to tell whether it is safe or not.
7. Going to Mr. Brown’s homepage will help you get a list of all the vocabulary needed to complete this
unit. Do this after you complete the form, or as you need to know what a word means.
1. Go to his home page.
2. Go to the Brownfield page.
3. Go to the review game.
4. Go to list of terms.
5. Complete your term squares.
8. Here is a list of the activities that might have been at a particular site (place), based on the type of
business that used to be there.
Typical Activity
Typical Contaminants Found / Associated with Acitivity
Automotive refinishing and
repair
Some metals and metal dust; various organic compounds; solvents; paint and paint sludges;
scrap metal; waste oil
Battery recycling and
disposal
Lead; cadmium; acids
Coal gasification
Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
Dry cleaning
Volatile Organic Compounds such as chloroform and tetrachloroethane; various solvents;
spot removers; fluorocarbon 113
Electroplating operations
Various metals such as cadmium, chromium, cyanide, copper, nickel
Herbicide manufacturing
and use
Dioxin; metals; herbicides
Incinerators
Dioxin; various municipal and industrial waste
Landfills
Metals; VOCs; polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB); ammonia; methane; household products and
cleaners; pesticides; various wastes
Machine shops/metal
fabrication
Metals; VOCs; dioxin; beryllium; degreasing agents; solvents; waste oils
Paint/Ink manufacturing
Metals such as chromium, cadmium, lead and zinc; VOCs; chloroform; ethyl benezene;
solvents; paints; inks
Plastics manufacturing
Polymers; phthalates; cadmium; solvents; resins; chemical additives; VOCs
Pharmaceutical
manufacturing
Lead; various organic chemicals; organic solvents
Printing industry
Silver; solvents; acids; waste oils; inks; and dyes; photographic chemicals
Railroad yards
Petroleum hydrocarbons; VOCs; benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene (BTEX); solvents;
fuels; oil and grease; lead; PCBs
Scrap metal operations
Various metals (such as lead and nickel); PCBs; dioxin
Petroleum refining and
reuse
Petroleum hydrocarbons; benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene (BTEX); solvents; fuels; oil
and grease
Hospitals
Formaldehyde; radionuclides; photographic chemicals; solvents; mercury; ethylene oxide;
chemotherapy chemicals
http://stlcin.missouri.org/cerp/brownfields/identification.cfm
Resources: Possible Connecticut Brownfield Sites for Research
Buckland Manufacturing – Manchester, CT
EPA – Buckland Manufacturing
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R1/npl_pad.nsf/c2d087d5dc6b3c6f85256aef00617868/e48a5ce60cc6bd6385256
c21006d47c8!OpenDocument
EPA – ActionAir Systems Success in EPA Assessment
http://www.epa.gov/ne/brownfields/success/manchester.htm
Planning & Economic Development Department – 131 Adams St. Manchester, CT
http://www.ci.manchester.ct.us/planning/backup/131_adams_st.htm
Field-Holstein Property – Glastonbury, CT
EPA – Field-Holstein Property
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R1/npl_pad.nsf/c2d087d5dc6b3c6f85256aef00617868/3becf557241d425885256
c220056be60!OpenDocument
Glastonbury Riverfront Community Center
http://www.epa.gov/region1/brownfields/success/06/grcc_glastonbury_ri_tba.htm
EPA – Brownfield Success Stories
http://www.epa.gov/NE/brownfields/pdfs/BFSuccessStoryBookF03.pdf
Hartford Car Wash – Hartford, CT
EPA – Hartford Car Wash
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R1/npl_pad.nsf/c2d087d5dc6b3c6f85256aef00617868/907ae8d29fc746ca85256
c22005705b6!OpenDocument
International Silver Factory – Meriden, CT
EPA – International Silver Factory
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R1/npl_pad.nsf/c2d087d5dc6b3c6f85256aef00617868/5c85efa3369fb13d85256
c2300557882!OpenDocument
EPA – Brownfield Success Stories
http://www.epa.gov/NE/brownfields/pdfs/BFSuccessStoryBookF03.pdf
Cos Cob Power Plant – Greenwich, CT
EPA – Cos Cob Power Plant
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R1/npl_pad.nsf/c2d087d5dc6b3c6f85256aef00617868/7054f7c49d2644fb85256
c23006b381d!OpenDocument
Cos Cob Power Plant Plan
http://greenwichct.virtualtownhall.net/Public_Documents/GreenwichCT_LandUse/pzCosCobFinalRepor
t3.pdf
Greenwich Town Department – Conservation Commission
http://www.greenwichct.org/ConservationCommission/ConservationCommDetail.asp?dcid=1145
UCONN – Cos Cob Power Plant Records
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC/findaids/CosCob/MSS19880024.html
House Republican Press Release – Greenwich Delegation
http://www.housegop.ct.gov/%5Cpressrel%5CGibbonsL150%5C2007%5C20071212_GibbonsL150_01.
pdf
The New York Times – STREETSCAPES: The Cos Cob Power Plant
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3DF1530F936A35750C0A96F948260
Interroyal Mill – Plainfield, CT
EPA – Interroyal Mill
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R1/npl_pad.nsf/c2d087d5dc6b3c6f85256aef00617868/33635d6ca62fa78d85256
c230055948d!OpenDocument
From a Mill, A Village
http://www.georgetownland.com/news_detail.asp?id=147
Northeast District Department of Health – Interroyal Mill Complex
http://archive.naccho.org/superfund/Northeast-District-Plainfield-CT.pdf
Asbestos
http://www.epa.gov/boston/topics/pollutants/asbestos.html
Erickson Property – Ledyard, CT
EPA – Erickson Property
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R1/npl_pad.nsf/c2d087d5dc6b3c6f85256aef00617868/6406d7d227c6896a8525
6c21006d6a59!OpenDocument
Former Erickson Property becomes a City Park
http://www.epa.gov/ne/brownfields/success/erickson_ledyard_ct.htm
Brownfield Resources and Contaminant Resources
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA – Brownfields – Basic Info
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/basic_info.htm
EPA – Brownfields Where You Live
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/bfwhere.htm
Brownfield Sites Homepage – Brownfields in New England
http://www.epa.gov/Region1/brownfields/index.html
Brownfields in New England – Information Resources
http://www.epa.gov/Region1/brownfields/funding/resources.htm
EPA – Brownfield Success Stories
http://www.epa.gov/NE/brownfields/pdfs/BFSuccessStoryBookF03.pdf
EPA – Characteristics of Sustainable Brownfields Projects
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/pdf/sustain.pdf
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Connecticut Brownfield Sites
http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2715&q=324930&depNav_GID=1626
Remediation/Site Clean-up Resources
http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/browse.asp?A=2715