Feds give $1.9M to N.J. towns, state EDA to clean up environmental hazards
Updated 11:28 PM;
Salem City has been awarded an $800,000 federal grant to clean up its historic Waterfront Industrial Zone, the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection said Wednesday.
The money is part of a total of $1.9 million granted to Salem, Hainsport, Trenton and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority by the federal Department of Environmental Protection to clean up brownfield sites, according to an EPA news release. Nationwide, 151 communities received 154 grants totaling $66.5 million.
Priority sites in Salem include the Tri-County Oil site at 1 Front Street, the 6-acre Aluchem heavy industrial site at W. Broadway, and the McCarthy’s Bar site at 190 Griffith Street, the release said.
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Androscoggin River upgrade delayed for at least a year
Rep. Ralph Tucker, a Brunswick Democrat, called it “a great idea” to put off consideration of the proposal in part because he would like to see upstream towns and industries included in the discussion about what ought to be done.
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The Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously opted to carry over the bill in order to give time for regulators to renew several wastewater treatment plant permits and press ahead with a bureaucratic review of the river’s water.
Rep. Ralph Tucker, a Brunswick Democrat, called it “a great idea” to put off consideration of the proposal in part because he would like to see upstream towns and industries included in the discussion about what ought to be done.
Published May 13. 2021 12:05AM
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida one of the most vulnerable places in the world to sea level rise will spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years to protect against coastal flooding under a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Wednesday.
The new law will require the Department of Environmental Protection to prepare a flooding and resiliency plan and will provide up to $100 million annually to local communities who identify areas along the coast and other waterways that are at risk to sea level rise.
“This is a really significant amount of resources, we re really putting our money where our mouth is when it comes to protecting the state of Florida, particularly our coastal communities, from the risks of flooding,” DeSantis said at a bill signing ceremony in Tarpon Springs.
Florida restaurants will be able to sell cocktails along with delivery and take-out food orders. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday at an Ormand Beach restaurant making alcohol to go permanent.