WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, along with U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), applauded $632,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help redevelop contaminated brownfield sites.

Out of the $10.7 million in supplemental funding awarded from the EPA nationally, the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments will receive $427,000 for the former Beaton Corbin Manufacturing Site in Southington, and for the ongoing cleanup at the Waterbury Industrial Commons site in Waterbury. The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development will receive $205,000 for the Swift Factory in Hartford, a critical project that is part of the Promise Zone.

These funds, known as Revolving Loan Fund grants, are provided to communities who have already achieved success in their work to clean up and redevelop brownfield sites.

“Today, most brownfields sites are eyesores that are hazardous to the environment and to public health. But they have tremendous economic potential – if our cities and towns get the resources they need to redevelop them. These federal funds will help our communities in Southington, Waterbury, and Hartford continue to clean-up and revitalize old sites – which will help create jobs and boost quality of life in our neighborhoods,” said Murphy, Blumenthal, DeLauro, Larson, and Esty.