The Federal Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday (May 28) it awarded a $200,000 grant to the City of Shelton to clean up a former downtown industrial property.
The city obtained the parcel — once owned by the Chromium Process Co. — through a tax foreclosure last year.
James Ryan, president of the Shelton Economic Development Corporation, said Wednesday that the $200,000 should cover the cost of cleaning up environmental contamination on the site, and should be finished by next spring.
“It’s largely soils-related issues that have to be managed on the site, then the site can be made available, along with abutting parcels, for private development,” Ryan said. “It’s really good news. The government only had about $63 million for whole country, and Shelton is one of eight (grant awards) in all of Connecticut.”
The cleanup will occur on a parcel of property across from the Chromium Process Co.‘s old factory. The address of the parcel is 113A Canal St. The property is pictured above.
Ryan said Wednesday that the property, once cleaned up, could be turned over to a private developer.
“This and adjoining parcels are slated for redevelopment by private parties, unknown at this point in time,” he said. “We’re moving in that direction.”
The Valley Indy left a message with Mayor Mark Lauretti Wednesday afternoon.
Clarification: The initial version of this story said the EPA grant was associated with the Chromium Process Co. factory site — 113 Canal St. — itself, not the smaller property across Canal Street. Click here to read the EPA press release announcing the grants.
