Thursday, May 28, 2015

EPA Announces $54.3 Million to Assess and Clean Up Contaminated Sites, Revitalize Communities, Leverage Jobs and Promote Economic Redevelopment Nationwide

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the selection of 243 new grant investments totaling $54.3 million to 147 communities across the U.S. This investment will provide communities with funding necessary to assess, clean up and redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies and leverage jobs while protecting public health and the environment. Recipients will each receive approximately $200,000 - $600,000 in funding toward EPA cooperative agreements.
Regional Success Rate (in GRANTS):
    Region
    Total Evaluated
    Tier I & II Recommendations
    Success Rate
    Assessment
    Cleanup
    Total
    1
    141
    31
    19
    50
    35%
    2
    46
    5
    3
    8
    17%
    3
    60
    27
    5
    32
    53%
    4
    144
    25
    11
    36
    25%
    5
    175
    43
    9
    52
    30%
    6
    44
    10
    4
    14
    32%
    7
    16
    3
    0
    3
    19%
    8
    34
    17
    5
    22
    65%
    9
    33
    12
    7
    19
    58%
    10
    17
    6
    1
    7
    41%
    Total
    710
    179
    64
    243
    34%
 
# of selected proposal/grants/applicants and total funding:
     
# of Proposals
# of Grants
# of Selected Applicants
Funding
Assessment
111
179
108
$41,925,328
Cleanup
64
64
40
$12,437,158
Total
175
243
146
$54,362,486

Since the inception of the EPA’s Brownfields Program in 1995, cumulative brownfield program investments have leveraged more than $22 billion from a variety of public and private sources for cleanup and redevelopment activities. This equates to an average of $17.79 leveraged per EPA brownfield dollar expended. These investments have resulted in approximately 105,942 jobs nationwide. EPA’s Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields sites.
For more information on the grants: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/pdfs/2015-AC-grant-fact-sheets.pdf

More information on EPA’s brownfields program: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/

More information on brownfields success stories:http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/success/index.htm