130 Freight Street, Waterbury

Project Type: Cleanup Planning

Assessment Activities: NVCOG’s Revolving Loan Fund Committee awarded the Waterbury Development Corporation a $200,000 sub-grant for cleanup planning activities at 130 Freight Street Waterbury. Funds at the former Anaconda American Brass factory will be applied for assessment, cleanup planning, and environmental professional services on site. The site is included in the City of Waterbury’s Master Plan for the Freight Street District, in which mixed-rate residential units, commercial space and industrial space. A portion of the site will be maintained as green space. Environmental activities have commenced on site. The City has secured additional funding for demolishing the neighboring building, which will be considered a separate project.

318 North Main Street, Southington

Project Type: Remediation

Activities: 318 North Main LLC. has received a $400,000 loan through the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (NVCOG) EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) program. Loan funding will be applied to eligible remediation activities at 318 North Main Street, Southington. The borrower intends to remediate and redevelop the site as medical office space.

Project Status: Remedial activities are ongoing, but mostly complete. Paving and capping are the final remedial activities. The Connecticut Brownfield Land Bank (CTBLB) will facilitate the property transfer. 

0 Andrew Avenue, Naugatuck

Project Type: Cleanup Planning 

Activities: The Borough of Naugatuck was sub-granted $200,000 and an additional $350,000 for cleanup planning and remedial activities at the former Risdon Manufacturing site. Environmental data collected on site will help the Borough of Naugatuck determine redevelopment options for future reuse.  

Project Status:  Environmental Site Assessment Activities are complete. Reports have been reviewed by the Borough of Naugatuck and NVCOG staff. The Borough of Naugatuck issued a request for proposals and selected a subcontractor to preform cleanup activities, including the excavation and removal of contaminated soils. 

Public Meeting: NVCOG hosted a public information meeting on April 27, 2023 to present key updates on upcoming work and answer inquiries regarding cleanup at 0 Andrew Avenue, Naugatuck, CT. 

SLR International Consulting has produced a Community Relations Plan and Analysis of Brownfield Cleanup Alternatives. Copies are available by clicking on the links above and at Naugatuck Town Hall. 

1 Main Street, Berlin

Project Type: Assessment

Activities: This vacant 1.61-acre lot has been proposed as the new home for 14 condominium units. The Regional Brownfield Partnership issued a sub-grant to the Town of Berlin $46,800 for a Phase III environmental site assessment in order to close existing data gaps. 

Project Status: Environmental activities are near completion. The Town will use the results to secure a developer for the site. 

Derby O’Sullivan’s Island

Derby O'Sullian Island

Project Type: DECD funded – Environmental Sampling and U.S. Fish and Wildlife funded – Engineering/Construction

Activities:

Environmental Assessment Activities include Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment Activities while U.S. Fish and Wildlife funded activities includes the Design, Engineering, and Construction of a Fishing and Viewing Platform

O’Sullivan’s Island is a peninsula at the confluence of the Housatonic and Naugatuck Rivers, located south of Derby’s downtown commercial district. While vehicles and trains pass nearby, the site offers a welcome moment of quiet among trees along the waterfront. Enveloped by structure, water, and sky, O’Sullivan’s Island is one of the most interesting and naturally beautiful pieces of land in the lower Naugatuck Valley. It is also one of the most challenging brownfield locations NVCOG has had the opportunity to improve.

Over the last decade, NVCOG’s Environmental Planner Arthur Bogen, Ricardo Rodriguez and Executive Director Rick Dunne have been significant players in the orchestration of funding contributions and work completed by the City of Derby and the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. O’Sullivan’s Island Recreation Park opened to the public for the first time in over twenty years in 2009. In 2013 the City of Derby completed its portion of the Naugatuck River Greenway trail that runs across the site’s northern edge.

NVCOG was awarded a $200,000 DECD grant to conduct environmental assessments and develop (if needed) remediation strategies on the site. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on behalf of the Connecticut Housatonic Natural Resource Trustee Council awarded NVCOG $325,000 to construct an accessible fishing and viewing platform at O’Sullivan’s Island Recreation Park.

Project Status:  DECD – Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessment complete. The handicapped-accessible fishing and viewing platform is now open to the public. 

Main Street South, Derby

 

Project Type: Assessment

Activities: Environmental Site Assessments on 4 parcels: 

  • 2 Factory Street
  • 23 Factory Street
  • 90 Main Street
  • 0 Water Street

The City of Derby received multiple inquiries from private parties regarding city-owned parcels south of Main Street. These parcels have long been part of Derby’s central design district and are approved for high-density, mixed-use development. The City requested NVCOG apply on its behalf for funding through the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (CT DECD) Municipal Grant Program.

NVCOG was awarded $200,000 to conduct assessment activities in the Derby Main Street South project area. Environmental assessment activities will support the construction of local roads in the area and will target parcels most ready for development. The assessment project is critical to the success of the City of Derby’s $5 million Urban Act grant, which will directly fund construction of local roads and infrastructure. 

Project Status: A Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) for assessment services was sent to NVCOG’s  pre-qualified short list. Five proposals received. The RBP Project Selection Committee invited Arcadis to enter contract negotiations.

 To date, Arcadis has produced:

  • 2 Factory Street – Phase I, Phase II, and Hazardous Building Material Survey
  • 23 Factory Street – Phase I, Phase II, and Hazardous Building Material Survey
  • 90 Main Street – Phase I and Hazardous Building Material Survey
  • 0 Water Street – Phase I

Documents: Derby Main Street South Request for Proposals