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