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EPA announces $69.3 million to clean up contaminated sites and revitalize communities
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces $69.3 million in grants for new investments to provide communities with funding necessary to clean and redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies and create jobs while protecting public health. In California, $1.2 million will be split among the cities of San Francisco, Emeryville, Chico and Grass Valley to assess and clean ...
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$1.2 million in Brownfields grants to cleanup and revitalize communities in North Carolina
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will award a total of $1.2 million in Brownfields grants to three communities in North Carolina for the assessment and cleanup of Brownfields properties, including abandoned gas stations, old textile mills, closed smelters, and other abandoned industrial and commercial properties. Brownfields are sites where expansion, ...
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$800,000 in Brownfields grants to cleanup and revitalize communities in Mississippi
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will award a total of $800,000 in Brownfields grants to two communities in Mississippi for the assessment and cleanup of Brownfields properties, including abandoned gas stations, old textile mills, closed smelters, and other abandoned industrial and commercial properties. Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, ...
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Nov. 19 is Deadline to Apply for 2013 EPA Brownfields Funding
EPA is encouraging eligible entities to apply now through Nov. 19, 2012, for 2013 Brownfields funding. These grant funds can be used to address sites contaminated by petroleum and hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants, including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum. Available grants from EPA’s Brownfields Program include assessment grants (each funded up to $200,000 ...
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Nov. 28 is deadline to apply for 2012 EPA Brownfields funding
EPA is encouraging eligible entities to apply now through Nov. 28, 2011, for 2012 Brownfields funding. These grant funds can be used to address sites contaminated by petroleum and hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants, including hazardous substances comingled with petroleum. Available grants from EPA’s Brownfields Program include assessment grants (each funded up to $200,000 ...
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$1 million in Brownfields grants to cleanup and revitalize communities in Alabama
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will award a total of $1 million in Brownfields grants to three communities in Alabama for the assessment and cleanup of Brownfields properties, including abandoned gas stations, old textile mills, closed smelters, and other abandoned industrial and commercial properties. Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, ...
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EPA dishes $69.3 million towards contaminated sites cleanup & community revitalization
Contaminated sites stemming from abandoned industrial and commercial properties are a problem. Other than being an eyesore, they can significantly prohibit the growth and economic development of their surrounding communities. It is for this reason the EPA announced on May 24th that they will be dispersing $69.3 million in grants towards new investments that will provide funding for communities to ...
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$800,000 in Brownfields grants to cleanup and revitalize communities in Kentucky
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will award a total of $800,000 in Brownfields grants to three communities in Kentucky for the assessment and cleanup of Brownfields properties, including abandoned gas stations, old textile mills, closed smelters, and other abandoned industrial and commercial properties. Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or ...
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Deadline Extended for Brownfields 2013 Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup Grants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the due date for submission of the Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup (ARC) Grant Request for Proposal by two weeks, from Nov. 19, 2012 to Dec. 3, 2012, due to significant disruption caused by Hurricane Sandy. Information regarding this change is available at www.epa.gov/brownfields and www.grants.gov. The Brownfields ARC ...
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EPA Awards $400,000 to Help Framingham Expand Current Brownfields Assessment Program
EPA will provide its third Brownfields assessment grant of $400,000 to the town of Framingham, Mass. to total $800,000 in the past 5 years. This grant will provide the Town with both hazardous substance and petroleum funding to help expand their current assessment program. Leveraging these funds with their remaining grant funds will help bring additional resources to the Downtown and Southeast ...
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$1.2 million in Brownfields grants to cleanup and revitalize communities in South Carolina
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will award a total of $1.2 million in Brownfields grants to three communities in South Carolina for the assessment and cleanup of brownfields properties, including abandoned gas stations, old textile mills, closed smelters, and other abandoned industrial and commercial properties. Brownfields are sites where expansion, ...
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EPA provides $400,000 to Baltimore to assess brownfields properties for redevelopment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced $400,000 in brownfields assessment funding to the Baltimore Development Corporation, the city’s economic development agency, to identify and assess potentially contaminated sites for clean-up and redevelopment. EPA selected the Baltimore Development Corporation to receive two brownfields grants, one for $200,000 to address sites with ...
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$400,000 Brownfields grant to cleanup and revitalize properties in Knoxville, TN
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will award a $400,000 in Brownfields grant to Knoxville,TN for the assessment of Brownfields properties, including abandoned gas stations, old textile mills, closed smelters, and other abandoned industrial and commercial properties. Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the ...
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EPA awards $350,000 Brownfields assessment grant to Oklahoma city to revitalize urban core
Oklahoma City will receive a $350,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The grant funds will be used to perform 45 Phase I environmental site assessments and a comprehensive Phase II environmental site assessment at the Core to Shore Park site. The Core to Shore Park project is a plan to increase connectivity within the urban core of downtown Oklahoma City to the shore of the ...
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$7 million in Brownfields grants to cleanup and revitalize communities in Florida
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will award a total of $7 million in Brownfields grants to 10 communities in Florida for the assessment and cleanup of Brownfields properties, including abandoned gas stations, old textile mills, closed smelters, and other abandoned industrial and commercial properties. Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or ...
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Fortune society will provide green job training through EPA Brownfields grant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Fortune Society of New York a $300,000 workforce development and job training grant to help fund the organization’s program to recruit, train and place formerly incarcerated people in green jobs assessing and cleaning up brownfields and other contaminated sites. Brownfields are properties at which moderate contamination can interfere ...
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EPA Provides $200,000 Grant to Fortune Society for Green Jobs Training
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Fortune Society of New York a $200,000 grant to support the organization’s program to recruit, train and place formerly incarcerated people in green jobs assessing and cleaning up brownfields and other contaminated sites. Brownfields are properties at which moderate contamination can interfere with redevelopment. The grant was awarded ...
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EPA invests $1.4 million to help redevelop abandoned sites in Western Pennsylvania
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $1.4 million in new investments to assess numerous abandoned properties in Western Pennsylvania communities slated for redevelopment. EPA’s brownfields grants will help the North Side Industrial Development Company in Pittsburgh and the Washington County Redevelopment Authority transform vacant and contaminated lands into environmentally ...
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EPA invests $1.4 million to help redevelop abandoned sites in Western Pennsylvania
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $1.4 million in new investments to assess numerous abandoned properties in Western Pennsylvania communities slated for redevelopment. EPA’s brownfields grants will help the North Side Industrial Development Company in Pittsburgh and the Washington County Redevelopment Authority transform vacant and contaminated lands into environmentally ...
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EPA awards $400,000 in Brownfields assessment grants to the New Orleans regional planning commission
Building on its past successes, the RPC will reach out to underprivileged and economically distressed communities to address neighborhood Brownfields sites. These sites are ideal for redevelopment as locally-based commercial and retail sites, health care clinics, community meeting space, learning centers and neighborhood parks and gardens. The RPC plans to perform four Phase I environmental site ...
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