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CHATHAM, Va. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on behalf of its Brownfields Program announced Tuesday it has awarded $1.2 million in grants to three Virginia localities. Pittsylvania County is one of those localities, and will receive half of that money, totaling $600,000 for projects in the county and all three of its incorporated towns. A brownfield is a property contaminated with hazardous pollutants or contaminants to the extent that expansion, redevelopment or reuse of the property is dangerous and impractical. "Grants awarded provide communities across the country wi...

EPA Brownfields Funding Helps Local Communities Build Back Better and Address Environmental Justice Concerns Vermont business Magazine Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that two grantees in the state of Vermont have been selected to receive $1.1 million to assess and clean up contaminated properties under the agency’s Brownfields Program. These funds will support under-served and economically disadvantaged communities in assessing and cleaning up abandoned industrial and commercial properties.  Northeastern Vermont Development Association (NVDA), in Lyndon,...

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The City of Missoula, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the Libby School District are all receiving hundreds of thousands of grant dollars to

EPA sets grants to restore ‘brownfields’ at blighted sites By: Associated Press May 12, 2021 8:38 am By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Tuesday more than $66 million in grants will go to 151 places throughout the U.S> to assess and clean up contaminated or abandoned “brownfields” — industrial and commercial properties that contain a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant. An estimated 450,000 brownfields, including abandoned industrial facilities, waste disposal sites and former gas stations, plague citi...