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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $25 Million to Help Provide Small, Underserved, and Disadvantaged Communities with Clean and Safe Drinking Water

WASHINGTON – Today, May 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $25 million for states and territories to invest in clean and safe drinking water. This grant funding will specifically benefit underserved, small and disadvantaged communities by upgrading infrastructure to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act, reducing exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), removing sources of lead, and addressing additional local drinking water challenges. The EPA funding announced today advances President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to help communities make real progress on critical drinking water upgrades.

“Across the country, too many communities struggle to maintain and upgrade drinking water infrastructure that is essential to public health,” said Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott. “This $25 million in EPA grant funding, along with historic investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will strengthen our nation’s water infrastructure and help ensure everyone has access to clean and safe drinking water.”

This funding is part of the Biden-Harris Justice40 Initiative, which advances environmental justice and benefits disadvantaged communities by ensuring that federal funding is reaching places that need it most.

EPA’s grant funding is flexible and can support a broad range of projects to help communities address drinking water concerns, from household water quality testing to monitoring for drinking water contaminants, including PFAS. These funds can also be used to identify and replace lead service lines to help achieve President Biden’s goal of removing 100% of lead pipes across the country. Funds may also support efforts to build the technical, financial, and managerial abilities of a water system’s operations and staff. Infrastructure projects—from transmission, distribution, and storage—that support drinking water quality improvements are also eligible for grant funding.

The Small, Underserved, and Disadvantaged Community grant program, established under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, awards funding to states and territories on a non-competitive basis. EPA awards funding to states based on an allocation formula that includes factors for population below the poverty level, small water systems, and underserved communities. Since 2019, this grant program has allocated over $130 million to states, territories and Tribes. There is a separate allotment to support activities in American Indian and Alaska Native Village communities. For more information, visit the WIIN SUDC Grant website.  

FY 2024 Small, Underserved and Disadvantaged Communities (SUDC) Grant Allotments for States and Territories
Based on FY 2024 Appropriations of $25,080,000

State/Territory	FY 2024 Allotment	State/Territory	FY 2024 Allotment
Alabama	$369,000	Montana	$326,000
Alaska	$571,000	Nebraska	$284,000
American Samoa	$141,000	Nevada	$293,000
Arizona	$490,000	New Hampshire	$259,000
Arkansas	$342,000	New Jersey	$406,000
California	$1,624,000	New Mexico	$393,000
Colorado	$462,000	New York	$1,047,000
Connecticut	$273,000	North Carolina	$679,000
Delaware	$195,000	North Dakota	$210,000
District of Columbia	$151,000	Northern Mariana Islands	$142,000
Florida	$961,000	Ohio	$609,000
Georgia	$664,000	Oklahoma	$492,000
Guam	$135,000	Oregon	$425,000
Hawaii	$170,000	Pennsylvania	$799,000
Idaho	$316,000	Puerto Rico	$478,000
Illinois	$702,000	Rhode Island	$168,000
Indiana	$422,000	South Carolina	$375,000
Iowa	$348,000	South Dakota	$240,000
Kansas	$381,000	Tennessee	$403,000
Kentucky	$340,000	Texas	$1,821,000
Louisiana	$641,000	Utah	$291,000
Maine	$238,000	U.S. Virgin Islands	$138,000
Maryland	$305,000	Vermont	$210,000
Massachusetts	$348,000	Virginia	$469,000
Michigan	$650,000	Washington	$566,000
Minnesota	$382,000	West Virginia	$315,000
Mississippi	$420,000	Wisconsin	$439,000
Missouri	$524,000	Wyoming	$238,000

For further information: EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov)

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $14 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants Under Investing in America Agenda

EPA seeking applications for Brownfields Job Training Grants that will support local environmental job training programs and environmental workforce in underserved and overburdened communities

WASHINGTON – Today, May 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the availability of approximately $14 million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda for environmental job training grants under EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Program. Through the Notice of Funding Opportunity, made possible by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA anticipates awarding approximately 20 grants nationwide at amounts up to $500,000 per award.

“Since 1998, EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Grants have helped train more than 21,700 people and place 16,200 in careers remediating land and improving environmental health and safety,” said Clifford Villa, EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management. “Thanks to the funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, the Brownfields Job Training program continues to support training and employment for residents affected by brownfield sites and to advance environmental justice across the country.”

EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Grant program is a unique employment and training grants program. The grants allow nonprofit and other eligible organizations to recruit, train, and retain a local, skilled workforce by prioritizing unemployed and under-employed workers, including low-income individuals living in communities disproportionately impacted by solid and hazardous waste, in environmental jobs. In the previous award cycle, EPA selected 14 grant recipients including “Groundwork Ohio River Valley” for a grant targeting job training participants from Cincinnati, specifically young people from neighborhoods that have been identified as climate-vulnerable; have higher percentages of brownfields located in their areas; and also see high rates of unemployment or underemployment.

Job training Participants learn the skills and earn credentials needed to secure full-time, sustainable employment in the environmental field, including brownfields assessment and cleanup. These jobs reduce environmental contamination and build more sustainable futures for communities. Through the Job Training Grant program, communities have the flexibility to deliver eligible training that meets their local labor market demands in the environmental sector.

Thanks to the historic $1.5 billion brownfields investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA has provided more than three times the previous funding levels to support Brownfields Job Training Programs. This budget boost provides communities, states, and Tribal Nations the opportunity to apply for larger grants to help build and enhance the environmental curriculum in their job training programs, support job creation and community revitalization at brownfield sites.

The Brownfields Job Training Grants program is advancing the President’s Justice40 Initiative to ensure that 40% of overall benefits from certain federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. As part of this effort, EPA’s Brownfields Program is meeting this commitment and advancing environmental justice considerations into all aspects of our work. 100% of the 2024 Brownfields Job Training program applications selected to receive funding proposed to work in areas that include historically disadvantaged communities.

EPA expects the longer application window (approximately 90 days instead of the standard 60 days) will give potential applicants more time to consider recent programmatic changes, including whether to form and apply as a Brownfields Job Training Grant Coalition. The deadline to apply for the Notice of Funding Opportunity is August 15, 2024.

The Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization will host an outreach webinar on June 6th, 2024, from 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. EDT to explain the grant guidelines for interested applicants and to address commonly asked questions. Prior registration is not required. Join the June 6th webinar.

View Fiscal Year 2025 Guidelines and other application resources available on EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Grants webpage

Visit EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Grants – Technical Assistance Resources webpage for other application resources

Learn more on EPA’s Brownfields Program on EPA’s Brownfields webpage

For further information: press@epa.gov

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EPA awards $1 million to the City of Pueblo for cleanup and redevelopment projects

Brownfields grant funding to address property contamination, spur economic revitalization, and redevelop historic buildings, including a National Historic Landmark site

Contacts 

U.S. EPA: Honor Morgan, morgan.honor@epa.gov 

City of Pueblo: Haley Sue Robinson, 719-553-2655, hrobinson@pueblo.us  

 

PUEBLO, Colo. (May 20, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the City of Pueblo will receive $1 million in Brownfields grant funding to support the environmental assessments, cleanup and redevelopment of critical properties in Pueblo, Colorado.  

These investments are part the agency’s Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Programs. 

“EPA’s Brownfields grants are supporting critical cleanup and redevelopment projects in communities across Colorado,” said EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker. “We look forward to seeing these funds transform blighted sites in Pueblo’s Eastside, Bessemer and Downtown neighborhoods into new assets.”    

“In the wealthiest nation in the world, every family should be able to live in a clean environment,” said Senator Michael Bennet. “This funding will rightfully support Colorado communities disproportionately affected by contamination. These grants will help Colorado communities safely clean up polluted sites, protect their health, and rebuild in a way that creates jobs and economic opportunity.” 

The grant will focus on the geographical area of Pueblo called the Y-Zone, which includes revitalization projects in the Eastside, Bessemer, and Downtown neighborhoods. Funding will be used to conduct substantial asbestos cleanup at El Centro Del Quinto Sol Community Center, which is the Eastside neighborhood’s only community center. 

“The City of Pueblo is excited to receive this EPA Multipurpose grant which will help our city restore a community center, restore underutilized significant historic spaces and assist the private sector in redeveloping numerous vacant places,” said Mayor Heather Graham. “This multi-year investment in Pueblo will help us clean up buildings and reinvest in our historic Bessemer, Eastside and West Side neighborhoods and turn vacancy into vibrancy.” 

The City of Pueblo identified El Centro del Quinto Sol Community Center as the project’s first priority cleanup site. Formerly built as the Fountain School in 1904, the Community center now hosts a popular skate park and open-air space with various monuments to the Chicano civil rights movement. The City will use the grant funding to upgrade services and expand offerings at the community center, which require substantial asbestos abatement throughout the building.  

Another priority site identified in this project is the Steel Works History Museum, which was the former headquarters of the steel plant in the Bessemer neighborhood and is not a National Historic Landmark site. The building requires extensive asbestos abatement and mitigation of other hazardous building materials before it can be redeveloped. Grant funding will be used to complete clean-up planning for possible reuse and will retain the steel heritage in the Bessemer neighborhood. 

Additional priority sites include two sites identified from a 2020 Community Wide Assessment grant, where over 60 Brownfields sites were identified. MAC grant funding will be used to advance reuse of the former Black Hills Energy Plant 5 & 6 Priority site and consolidate abandoned railroad properties at the State Land Board Priority site. Reuse of the Plant 5 & 6 site, and consolidation of the Land Board abandoned railroad properties will foster redevelopment and retain a key historic structure. 

This project will help support the City of Pueblo’s commitment to 100% renewable energy in its operations by 2035. The revitalization work funded by this grant will promote reuse of historic buildings, eliminating waste to landfills. Reuse of the existing infrastructure will also help limit urban sprawl and conserve water resources, as well as create new housing options to keep residents in their chosen neighborhoods.  

State Funding Breakdown 

Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Program Selection 

The City of Pueblo is among six organizations in Colorado have been selected to receive EPA Brownfields funding through the Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Programs. Additional grantees announced today include: 

• The City of Greeley, Colorado has been selected to receive $500,000.  

• The City of Northglenn, Colorado has been selected to receive $2,750,000.  

• The Town of Kersey, Colorado has been selected to receive $1,132,899.  

• Metro West Housing Solutions, (Lakewood) Colorado has been selected to receive $500,000.  

• The City of Monte Vista, Colorado has been selected to receive $1,000,000.  

Additional Background: 

EPA’s Brownfields Program advances President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative which set a goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. Approximately 86% of the MAC and RLF Supplemental program applications selected to receive funding proposed to work in areas that include overburdened communities.” 

EPA’s Brownfields Program began in 1995 and has provided nearly $2.7 billion in Brownfield Grants to assess and clean up contaminated properties and return blighted properties to productive reuse. Prior to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this program made approximately $60 million available each year. Thanks to the President’s historic investments in America through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA has now increased that yearly investment nearly 400 percent.   

To see the list of the FY 2024 Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup applicants selected for funding visit EPA’s FY 2024  Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup Applicants webpage.  

For more information on EPA’s Brownfields Program visit EPA’s Brownfields webpage. 

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EPA awards over $3.2 million for cleanup and redevelopment projects in Northglenn and Lakewood

Brownfields grant funding aimed to address property contamination and spur affordable housing redevelopment projects

Contacts 

U.S. EPA: Honor Morgan, morgan.honor@epa.gov 

City of Northglenn: Diana Wilson, (303) 450-8713, dwilson@northglenn.org 

Metro West Housing Solutions (Lakewood): Jill McGranahan, (303) 987-7761, jilmcg@mwhs.org  

 

NORTHGLENN, Colo. (May 20, 2024) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more than $3.2 million in Brownfields grant funding to support the environmental assessment, cleanup and redevelopment of critical properties in the communities of Northglenn and Lakewood, Colorado.  The City of Northglenn will receive $2.75 million to cleanup soil contaminated with lead and arsenic on the Northglenn Recreational Center property. Metro West Housing Solutions, in partnership with the Lakewood Housing Authority, will receive $500,000 to remediate asbestos and lead-based paint in the Belmar Groves Apartments property. 

These investments are part the agency’s Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Programs. 

“EPA’s Brownfields grants are helping Colorado communities redevelop blighted properties,” said EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker. “The funding we are providing Northglenn and Lakewood will help reclaim contaminated buildings and soils and pave the way for new businesses and safe, affordable housing.” 

“In the wealthiest nation in the world, every family should be able to live in a clean environment,” said Senator Michael Bennet. “This funding will rightfully support Colorado communities disproportionately affected by contamination. These grants will help Colorado communities safely clean up polluted sites, protect their health, and rebuild in a way that creates jobs and economic opportunity.” 

“As the first Representative for the 8th district, I’m fighting for every corner of the Front Range and Northern Colorado to get their fair share of federal funding,” said Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo. “Today, we took a significant step in the right direction with major federal investments in Greeley, Northglenn, and Kersey. The more than $4.3 million federal grant announced by the EPA this morning will go toward cleaning up toxic sites and laying the groundwork for economic renewal at sites that have been abandoned or left in disrepair, positioning our communities for future economic success.”  

City of Northglenn: $2.75 million 

The City of Northglenn will use EPA Brownfields funding to address soil contamination on the former Northglenn Recreational Center property. The 6.85-acre property has sat unused since a new facility recreational center was built in 2021, and developers have identified soil contamination as a significant barrier for redevelopment. 

“Northglenn is incredibly thankful to receive this support. This area is busy and well-loved in our community, adjacent to a popular park, new recreation center and soon a new city hall,” shared Mayor Meredith Leighty. “For a city our size, the cost of cleanup was daunting and likely to take years to accomplish. The EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant allows us to move forward with creating usable, safe, beneficial space for our residents now and plan for future development.” 

The City has committed to reuse of the site, with asbestos abatement of the old Recreation Center building in the final stages of completion. The site’s strategic central location within the community allows for easy access to existing infrastructure, including water, sanitary sewer, a public road, and regional detention and water quality.  

Brownfields grant funding will remove a barrier by remediating contaminated soil, allowing for developers to revitalize the site. The City will also work with developers that are committed to integrating environmentally sustainable practices into the redevelopment, which will result in reduced energy costs for both residents and businesses.  

The proposed reuse of the site is estimated to create 122 multi-family units, 34 townhomes and 17,600 square-feet of commercial and retail space, which will in turn provide new job opportunities. 

Lakewood Housing Authority d.b.a Metro West Housing Solutions: $500,000 

Metro West Housing Solutions (MWHS) in partnership with the Lakewood Housing Authority will use EPA Brownfields grant funding to cleanup the Belmar Groves Apartments, which sits on a 4.9-acre lot and provides 118 homes across 11 buildings. Site characterization has identified all 118 entry doors are coated in lead-based paint, while asbestos exists in drywall, vinyl sheet flooring, and subfloor fireproofing space.  

EPA funding will remediate these contaminants and facilitate the preservation and redevelopment of existing affordable housing, which will significantly raise the property value and limit vacancy at the Belmar Groves Apartments 

“The Belmar Groves redevelopment will bring new life to an outdated 50-year-old apartment community. It will provide another 50 years of homes for low-income households. This redevelopment also will allow MWHS to commit to deeper levels of affordability to meet the needs of the Lakewood community,” said MWHS Chief Real Estate Officer Brendalee Connors. “The grant from EPA will allow the development to complete the necessary environmental abatement work. By having some of that cost covered we are able to complete additional work on the building systems that will enhance the quality of life for our residents and staff.” 

State Funding Breakdown 

Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Program Selection 

Northglenn and Metro West Housing are among six organizations in Colorado have been selected to receive EPA Brownfields funding through the Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Programs. Additional grantees announced today include: 

• The City of Greeley, Colorado has been selected to receive $500,000.  

• The Town of Kersey, Colorado has been selected to receive $1,132,899.  

• The City of Monte Vista, Colorado has been selected to receive $1,000,000.  

• The City of Pueblo, Colorado has been selected to receive $1,000,000. 

Additional Background: 

EPA’s Brownfields Program advances President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative which set a goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. Approximately 86% of the MAC and RLF Supplemental program applications selected to receive funding proposed to work in areas that include overburdened communities. 

EPA’s Brownfields Program began in 1995 and has provided nearly $2.7 billion in Brownfield Grants to assess and clean up contaminated properties and return blighted properties to productive reuse. Prior to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this program made approximately $60 million available each year. Thanks to the President’s historic investments in America through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA has now increased that yearly investment nearly 400 percent.  

To see the list of the FY 2024 Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup applicants selected for funding visit EPA’s FY 2024  Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup Applicants webpage.  

For more information on EPA’s Brownfields Program visit EPA’s Brownfields webpage.

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Biden-Harris Administration announces over $3 million in Brownfield Grants to rehabilitate and revitalize communities in New Hampshire through Investing in America agenda

Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities

Contact Information: JoAnne Kittrell, kittrell.joanne@epa.gov, (617) 918-1822; EPA Region 1 Press Office (R1_Press@epa.gov)   

BOSTON (May 20, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $3,019,400 in grant awards from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in New Hampshire while advancing environmental justice. These investments through EPA’s Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Programs will help transform once-polluted, vacant, and abandoned properties into community assets, while helping to create good jobs and spur economic revitalization in overburdened communities.

EPA selected two communities in New Hampshire to receive two grants totaling over $3 million in competitive EPA Brownfields funding through the Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant programs.

EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the awards in Philadelphia today alongside Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and U.S. Representative Mary Gay Scanlon at a local brownfield side near Bartram’s Mile. For over 60 years, the site was used as an oil terminal, filled with storage tanks full of petroleum and other semi-volatile organic compounds. The City of Philadelphia has been working to reclaim brownfield sites along Bartram’s Mile, turning them into a community hub where residents can access trails for hiking and biking, as well as areas for fishing, gardening, farming and more.

“Far too many communities across America have suffered the harmful economic and health consequences of living near polluted brownfield sites,” said President Joe Biden. “I've long believed that people who’ve borne the burden of pollution should be the first to see the benefits of new investment. Under my Administration, we are making that a reality by ensuring the historic resources from my Investing in America agenda reach communities that need it most. I am proud that my Administration is helping Philadelphia clean up and transform this area into an economic engine, while tackling a longstanding environmental injustice and creating good-paying jobs.”

“President Biden sees contaminated sites and blighted areas as an opportunity to invest in healthier, revitalized communities,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “That’s why he secured historic funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, supercharging EPA’s Brownfields program to clean up contaminated properties in overburdened communities and bring them back into productive use.”

“Brownfields grants are gamechangers—they turn polluted, abandoned sites into thriving community spaces. This isn’t just about cleaning up the environment; it’s about revitalizing neighborhoods, creating good jobs, and ensuring healthier living for everyone—it’s a win-win-win-win-win-win,” said EPA Regional Administrator David W. Cash. “This additional funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is helping to transform contaminated properties into valuable community assets, making a real difference for New Hampshire families, especially in the areas that need it most.”

“I’m thrilled to see this funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investing in Granite State communities. By cleaning up former industrial and other sites, the Brownfields program unlocks new economic opportunities while addressing public health and environmental threats,” said U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen. “I look forward to seeing what comes next for Jaffrey and Nashua as the communities look toward revitalization of these sites.”

“Cleanup projects help reduce contamination that threatens the public health, groundwater and our environment,” said U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan. “I was proud to help negotiate and pass the bipartisan infrastructure law to help make projects like these possible, which play a vital role in removing harmful chemicals and cleaning up polluted sites.”

"These resources represent an important investment in the health and wellbeing of Jaffrey and Nashua," said Rep. Ann Kuster. "Cleaning up decades old contamination protects residents and helps communities spur economic revitalization. I'm pleased to see these resources from made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law being put to work in New Hampshire."

Many communities that are under economic stress, particularly those located in areas that have experienced long periods of disinvestment, lack the resources needed to initiate brownfield cleanup and redevelopment projects. As brownfield sites are transformed into community assets, they attract jobs, promote economic revitalization and transform communities into sustainable and environmentally just places.

Thanks to the historic $1.5 billion boost from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA’s Brownfields Program is helping more communities than ever before begin to address the economic, social, and environmental challenges caused by brownfields and stimulate economic opportunity, and environmental revitalization in historically overburdened communities.

EPA’s Brownfields Program advances President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative, which set a goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. The Brownfields Program strives to meet this commitment and advance environmental justice and equity considerations in all aspects of its work. Approximately 86% of the MAC and RLF Supplemental program applications selected to receive funding proposed to work in areas that include disadvantaged communities.

State Funding Breakdown:

Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Program Selection

The following organizations in New Hampshire have been selected to receive EPA Brownfields funding through the Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Programs.

• Town of Jaffrey has been selected to receive $2,019,400 for a Brownfields Cleanup Grant funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Grant funds will be used to clean up the W.W. Cross Site at 39 Webster Street. The 11-acre cleanup site is an abandoned former factory that manufactured tacks and fasteners for the upholstery, carpeting, and shoe industry from 1916 until the late 1990s. In 2008, the former warehouse and manufacturing space was converted into several separate tenant-occupied spaces, including a warehouse, gym, and mailing service. Active business operations ceased in 2012 and the structures fell into disrepair. It is contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals, trichloroethylene, and inorganic contaminants. Grant funds also will be used to prepare a Community Engagement Plan and conduct community engagement activities.
• City of Nashua has been selected to receive $1 million for a Brownfields Multipurpose Grant funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Grant funds will be used to conduct six Phase I and six Phase II environmental site assessments, conduct community engagement and cleanup planning activities, and conduct cleanup activities at the NIMCO site and the Police Training Facility. Priority sites include the 2.3-acre NIMCO site, which houses a 60,000 square-foot former machine shop; the Police Training Facility located at 82 Pine Street, which is a 1.25-acre site with a long history of industrial use, including operating as an auto/machine repair shop from 1920 to 1955; and the Millyard Parking Lot site located at 7 Pine Street North, which currently operates as a parking lot, and has a history of industrial uses. The target area for this project is Downtown Nashua.

To see the list of the FY 2024 Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup applicants selected for funding, visit EPA’s FY 2024  Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup Applicants webpage.

 

Non-competitive Supplemental Funding Through the Existing Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant Program

In addition, the Agency is announcing non-competitive supplemental funding to successful existing Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant programs that have already achieved success in their work to clean up and redevelop brownfield sites. RLF Grants provide funding for recipients to offer loans and subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites. The funding announced today will help communities continue to address the economic, social, and environmental challenges caused by brownfield sites.

To see the list of RLF Supplemental funding recipients, visit EPA’s FY 2024  Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup Applicants webpage.

 

Additional Background:

EPA has selected these organizations to receive funding to address and support the reuse of brownfield sites to address the health, economic, social, and environmental challenges caused by brownfields. EPA anticipates making all the awards announced today once all legal and administrative requirements are satisfied.

EPA’s Brownfields Program began in 1995 and has provided nearly $2.7 billion in Brownfield Grants to assess and clean up contaminated properties and return blighted properties to productive reuse. Prior to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this program made approximately $60 million available each year. Thanks to the President’s historic investments in America through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA has now increased that yearly investment nearly 400 percent. More than half of the funding available for this grant cycle (approximately $160 million) comes from the historic $1.5 billion investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This investment has also allowed the MAC grants’ maximum award amounts to increase significantly from $500,000 to a new maximum of $5 million per award.

To see the list of the FY 2024 Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup applicants selected for funding, visit EPA’s FY 2024  Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup Applicants webpage.

To see the list of RLF Supplemental funding recipients, visit EPA’s FY 2024  Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup Applicants webpage.

To learn more about RLF Technical Assistance grant recipient, visit EPA’s Brownfields Grow America webpage.

For more information on EPA’s Brownfields Program, visit EPA’s Brownfields webpage.  

  

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