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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA announced Requests for Applications for $57 million in funding available for two new Brownfields opportunities: Brownfields Technical Assistance and Research cooperative agreements, Technical Assistance to Brownfields communities.
Credit: WVU From abandoned coal mines to shuttered factories, the Brownfields Assistance Center at West Virginia University has helped communities resurrect once lifeless properties since 2006. With a boost from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the amount of $1 million, the Center will continue its mission to empower communities to transform brownfields -- property hindered from redevelopment or reuse due to the presence or perceived presence of a hazardous substance or contaminant. WVU was one of just six organizations to receive funding from the EPA's Technical Assistance to B...