EPA Reaches $1 Million Settlement for Treatment System at the San Fernando Valley Superfund Site

LOS ANGELES—The U.S.

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Dredging Pilot at Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Begin

(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that its dredging and capping pilot project will begin next week as part of its overall cleanup of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York, one of the nation’s most seriously contaminated bodies of water.

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EPA to Secure Clean Drinking Water Source Near Superfund Site in Galloway, N.J.

(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to  install new residential drinking water wells for homes as part of the cleanup of the Emmell’s Septic Landfill Superfund site in Galloway Township, N.J.

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EPA Finalizes Decision for Second Phase of Cleanup of the Peninsula Boulevard Superfund Site in Hewlett, Nassau County, N.Y.

(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to address the sources of groundwater contamination at the Peninsula Boulevard Groundwater Plume Superfund site in Hewlett, Nassau County, N.Y.

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EPA Statement – San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site Data

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EPA Plan for Additional Cleanup of Lead-Contaminated Residential Properties in West Deptford, N.J. Moves Forward

(New York, N.Y.)  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to continue removing lead-contaminated soil from a residential development previously owned and built by the Tempo Development Group in West Deptford, (Thorofare), N.J.

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EPA to Remove Threats from Radiological Contamination at Superfund Site in Queens, N.Y.

(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up the Wolff-Alport Chemical Company Superfund site in the Ridgewood section of Queens, N.Y. on the Brooklyn/Queens border.

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THURSDAY: EPA to Host Public Meeting for Proposed $30 Million Cleanup at the Koppers Superfund Site in Charleston, S.C.

ATLANTA (September 26, 2017) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a meeting this Thursday to present a proposed a plan to conduct additional cleanup at the Koppers Superfund Site in Charleston, S.C.

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THURSDAY: EPA to Host Public Meeting for Proposed $30 Million Cleanup at the Koppers Superfund Site in Charleston, S.C.

ATLANTA (September 26, 2017) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a meeting this Thursday to present a proposed a plan to conduct additional cleanup at the Koppers Superfund Site in Charleston, S.C.

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U.S. EPA to begin cleanup at the Sandoval Zinc Superfund site in Sandoval, Illinois

CHICAGO (September 25, 2017) — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began a cleanup of lead at the Sandoval Zinc Superfund site in Sandoval.

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EPA Continues Cleanup Work at the Site of Portland’s River Street Warehouse Fire

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EPA Irma Recovery Update for September 22, 2017

CONTACT: press@epa.gov  EPA Irma Recovery Update for September 22, 2017

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EPA Honors Restoration Work at Eagle Rock Lake in Questa, NM

DALLAS – (Sept. 22, 2017) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized several groups for excellence and innovation in site restoration in Questa, N.M.

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EPA Announces Superfund Cleanup Completion and Rail Trail Opening in Southington, Conn.

Boston - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the completion of the cleanup construction at the Solvents Recovery Service of New England (SRSNE) Superfund Site in Southington, Conn.

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EPA Hurricane Maria and Irma Recovery Update for September 20, 2017

WASHINGTON (September 20, 2017) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to coordinate closely with local, state, tribal, and federal partners in response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

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U.S. EPA will hold an open house to announce the start of a cleanup at Tremont Field in Cleveland, Ohio

CHICAGO (Sept. 20, 2017) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will begin a cleanup at Tremont Field, commonly referred to as Clark Fields Park, to address lead, arsenic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminated soil.

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EPA Assists North Carolina in Preventing Water Pollution

ATLANTA (September 19, 2017) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $3,766,800 to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to support management of nonpoint sources of water pollution.

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Agenda Announced | 2017 Southeast Brownfields Workshop

Reserve your ticket today!

REGISTRATION   EPA Region 4 and the Georgia Brownfield Association are hosting the 2017 Southeast Brownfield Workshop in Atlanta, GA on November 7-9, 2017. This timely event will educate attendees about revitalization in their communities.     Who: More than 200 attendees, including grantees, state environmental agencies, tribes, urban and rural local governments, non-profits, environmental professionals, and community members. What: 2017 Southeast Brownfield Workshop When: November 7-9, 2017 Where: Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center, 250 14th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30318   Click here to register today!   PRESENTATIONS     The Southeast Brownfields Workshop will feature a strong lineup of presentations and panel discussions. The full agenda is below. Click here to view a printable PDF.   SPONSORSHIP   Sponsorships are a great way to highlight your company's work to the more than 200 Workshop attendees. See below for sponsorship opportunities, and click here to secure your sponsorship. Contact Kelly Andrews with any questions or to discuss which sponsorship level would be the best fit for your company.   Premier sponsorships: $1,000 (8 available) ·     Booth at entrance of auditorium ·     100-word company overview highlighted in one Workshop e-communication (sent to more than 3,000 industry professionals and community leaders throughout the Southeast) ·     Two complimentary registrations ·     Logo featured on event promotions, onsite signage, registration booth, and Workshop program ·     Feature placement of logo on all marketing materials ·     Advance copy of the full attendee list   Lunch sponsorship: $700 (5 available) ·     Two complimentary Workshop registrations ·     Recognition during Workshop remarks ·     Logo included on onsite signage, registration booth, and Workshop program ·     Advance copy of the full attendee list   Coffee sponsorship: $500 (5 available) ·     One complimentary Workshop registration ·     Recognition during Workshop remarks ·     Logo included on onsite signage, registration booth, and Workshop program ·     Advance copy of the full attendee list   Refreshments sponsorship: $500 (5 available) ·     One complimentary Workshop registration ·     Recognition during Workshop remarks ·     Logo included on onsite signage, registration booth, and Workshop program ·     Advance copy of the full attendee list   Reception sponsorship: $500 (5 available) ·     One complimentary Workshop registration ·     Recognition during Workshop remarks ·     Logo included on onsite signage, registration booth, and Workshop program ·     Advance copy of the full attendee list   REGISTRATION AND CONTACT   Click here to register today!    Contact Kelly Andrews with any questions about the event.   TRAVEL   A rate of $150/night + fees has been secured at the Marriott Courtyard Atlanta Midtown/Georgia Tech for Workshop attendees. Click here for more information about the event room block and to reserve your room.   Click here to register today!       The Georgia Brownfield Association (GBA) is a non-profit advocacy and education organization formed to ensure our State benefits from the continued clean up of and reinvestment in environmentally impacted and underutilized properties in Georgia. The association will continue the efforts of many of its members to help create the most supportive legislative and regulatory environment – and to educate business, civic, community and government leadership about the benefits of revitalization. www.GeorgiaBrownfield.org

 

KSU TAB EZ Update

The 2017 (FY18) EPA ARC Grant Proposal Guidelines for Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup grants are out! Proposals are due to EPA by November 16, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. Click here for the proposal guidelines.    KSU TAB can provide free review of your draft EPA Assessment and Cleanup proposals for EPA Regions 5, 6, 7 & 8. Please give us a one-week heads-up that you will be sending a draft to review. It generally takes us a few days to get the proposals back to you. Our review is free of charge. Please contact Blase Leven (baleven@ksu.edu, 785-532-0780) to reserve your spot! *For reviews in EPA Regions 1,3 & 4, please contact the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), http://www.njit.edu/tab/index.php.   *For reviews in EPA Regions 2, 9 & 10, please contact the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR), http://www.cclr.org/technical-assistance.   TAB EZ will be updated to reflect the new proposal guidelines on or before October 1st. An announcement will be sent out, and will also be posted to our home page and in the "Please Read" section of TAB EZ, when the update is complete.   Users currently writing in TAB EZ should export their drafts to an MSWord file as soon as possible, using the button at bottom of the proposal outline screen. After TAB EZ has been updated users should enter (or copy/paste) content into a new TAB EZ template created for the FY17 competition.   Please watch for invitations to our free grant writing training webinars in the near future. If any of the links above do not work by clicking, please copy & paste the link into your browser address bar. Blase Leven KSU Technical Assistance to Brownfields Program www.ksutab.org

 

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EPA Proposes Additional $30 Million Cleanup at the Koppers Superfund Site in Charleston, S.C, to Pave Way for Mixed-Use Development

ATLANTA (September 18, 2017) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to conduct additional cleanup at the Koppers Superfund Site in Charleston, S.C.

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EPA Proposes Additional $30 Million Cleanup at the Koppers Superfund Site in Charleston, S.C, to Pave Way for Mixed-Use Development

ATLANTA (September 18, 2017) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to conduct additional cleanup at the Koppers Superfund Site in Charleston, S.C.

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FY18 #Brownfield Guidelines for Assessment, Cleanup and RLF are Out

The FY18 Guidelines for the Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund Grants are now available on the Office of Land and Emergency Management Grants and Funding webpage. The proposal submission deadline is November 16, 2017.

Assessment RFP:  https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-09/documents/17-07.pdf

RLF RFP: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-09/documents/17-08.pdf

Cleanup RFP: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-09/documents/17-09.pdf

New this year - - Cleanup grant applicants can apply for multiple brownfields sites within each proposal (a proposal is still limited to a total of $200K). Alternatively, if an applicant has multiple sites and needs $200K for each site,  up to three cleanup proposals can be submitted by one applicant.  A national webinar to assist those interested in applying will be on a date to be determined later this month or October. 

Those of you interested in the Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training grants will be interested to know that the FY18 EWDJT Guidelines are expected to be released in in mid-October.

Registration is now open for the Southeast Brownfields Workshop which EPA is hosting in partnership with the Georgia Brownfields Association.  It is being held at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center, 250 14th St NW, Atlanta, Georgia from Nov 7th at noon to Nov 9th at noon. Please see the draft Agenda and register at this link:  SE Brownfields Workshop Registration.

EPA, N.C. DEQ and Multistate Trust to Hold Public Availability Session and Public Meeting about Kerr-McGee Superfund Site in Navassa, N.C. on Sept. 19

ATLANTA – Federal and state officials together with Multistate Trust representatives will hold a public availability session and public meeting about the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in Navassa, N.C. on September 19, 2017.

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EPA, N.C. DEQ and Multistate Trust to Hold Public Availability Session and Public Meeting about Kerr-McGee Superfund Site in Navassa, N.C. on Sept. 19

ATLANTA – Federal and state officials together with Multistate Trust representatives will hold a public availability session and public meeting about the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in Navassa, N.C. on September 19, 2017.

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EPA Exercises Enforcement Discretion for Duke Energy Florida Vehicles and Equipment

WASHINGTON (September 13, 2017) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it will exercise its enforcement discretion for Duke Energy Florida vehicles and equipment that are being used to respond to power outages in Florida as a result of Hurricane Irma.

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EPA Provides Certainty to Florida DEP over Stormwater Discharges at Facilities Impacted by Hurricane Irma

WASHINGTON (September 13, 2017) – The U.S.

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Brownfields & Affordable Housing: Clarksdale, MS - September 21, 2017

Delta Communities The Transformative Potential of Affordable Housing Development on Communities and Families in the Delta National demand for affordable rental housing is increasing, while the rate of building these units is declining. The 2017 annual report from The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, The State of the Nation's Housing, found that the demand for affordable rental housing far outpaces supply. In 2015, more than 11 million renter households were severely cost burdened (i.e., spending more than 50 percent of their income for housing). The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program was added to the Internal Revenue Code in 1986 to provide an incentive to the private sector to create and maintain affordable housing. Since its inception, LIHTC has been, to some, synonymous with low-quality housing in southern states. When used as urban renewal capital, however, LIHTC can transform blighted or disinvested neighborhoods into thriving, strong communities. Don't miss our next Delta Communities convening on September 21. We will explore how affordable housing development can break the cycle of poverty, catalyze change and generate economic development for communities and families in the Delta. Speakers will include:  Clarence Chapman, CEO of Chartre Consulting Ltd., who will explain how—as a private developer—his company produces high-quality housing available exclusively for lower-income residents; Billy Nowell, mayor of Cleveland, Miss., who will share the positive impact that affordable housing built by Chartre Consulting has had on a blighted neighborhood and its residents; and Jere ("Trey") Hess, director of brownfields and economic development at PPM Consultants, who will discuss how one city's liability (an old hospital) will be transformed into an asset: an affordable housing development.  There also will be two panels comprised of representatives from lenders who offer financing for single- and multifamily housing. Participation in this session is free; however, registration is required by Monday, September 18, as space is limited. Lunch will be provided. Please note that, while the forum will be held in Clarksdale, leaders from communities across the Delta region are encouraged to attend. For more information, please contact Faith Weekly at 502-568-9216 or faith.e.weekly@stls.frb.org. We look forward to seeing you!   When Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 10 a.m.–1 p.m. CT Where The Bank 123 East Second St. Clarksdale, MS 38614 Registration Deadline Monday, September 18, 2017   Click here for the event summary Do you want to register?            Presented by the Community Development department at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

 

EPA Hurricane Irma Update for Saturday, September 9, 2017

WASHINGTON – EPA is continuing preparations for Hurricane Irma, which is expected to hit Florida, serviced by EPA Region 4.  Irma has already made landfall in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, covered by EPA Region 2. 

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EPA exercises enforcement discretion for electric generating units in Monroe County, Florida

WASHINGTON (September 9, 2017) – EPA announced on September 8 that it would exercise its enforcement discretion to allow emergency and backup electric generating units in Monroe County, Florida, to operate without meeting all pollution controls in order to facilitate the supply of needed electric

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IRMA UPDATE: Regions 2 and 4 Taking Precautions, Activating Emergency Response Teams

CONTACT: press@epa.gov

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EPA Securing Florida Superfund Sites Prior to Hurricane Irma

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EPA Approves Emergency Fuel Waiver for Florida

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EPA Approves Emergency Fuel Waiver for Florida

WASHINGTON (September 6, 2017) – In response to Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has approved an emergency fuel waiver request from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

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Regions 2 and 4 Taking Precautions, Activating Emergency Response Teams

WASHINGTON – EPA’s organized, emergency response program is preparing for Hurricane Irma, while continuing response efforts around the devastating flooding effects of Hurricane Harvey.  Irma, expected to hit Southern Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S.

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EPA PREPARES FOR HURRICANE IRMA

WASHINGTON – EPA’s organized, emergency response program is preparing for Hurricane Irma, while continuing response efforts around the devastating flooding effects of Hurricane Harvey.  Irma, expected to hit Southern Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S.

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EPA to hold Sept. 6 public meeting to announce residential soil sampling at the Beck’s Lake Superfund site in South Bend, Indiana

CHICAGO (Sept. 5, 2017) — Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting on Sept. 6 to announce the start of a residential soil study in properties immediately next to La Salle Park in South Bend, Ind.

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EPA Supports North Carolina's Efforts to Safely Manage Hazardous Waste

ATLANTA (September 5, 2017) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $1,018,260 to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality for their hazardous waste programs.

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EPA Supports North Carolina's Efforts to Safely Manage Hazardous Waste

ATLANTA (September 5, 2017) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $1,018,260 to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality for their hazardous waste programs.

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Fwd: Mark Your Calendar for the September 12th Webinar - "Incentivizing Brownfield Redevelopment: The Mississippi Economic Redevelopment ACT (MERA)"

FREE Webinar with Trey Hess of PPM Consultants on "Incentivizing Brownfield Redevelopment: The Mississippi Economic Redevelopment ACT (MERA)"

View this email in your browser Incentivizing Brownfield Redevelopment: The Mississippi Economic Redevelopment Act (MERA) Webinar  Mississippi has a competitive redevelopment incentive to successfully entice private sector developers to cleanup and reuse brownfield sites through the Mississippi Economic Redevelopment Act (§ 57-91-1) . This incentive can positively impact future economic development opportunities in both rural and urban communities across the State, giving the developer the opportunity to receive a rebate as high as 2.5x the allowable remediation costs.  Allow Trey to share with you how the process works so you can help developers navigate through this truly remarkable incentive by joining the webinar on September 12 at 11:30 AM.    Webinar Information Tue, Sep 12, 2017 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT  Please join MEDC's  webinar from your smart device.  https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/149770781  You can also dial in using your phone.  United States: +1 (571) 317-3122  Access Code: 149-770-781  Copyright © 2017 Mississippi Economic Development Council, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Mississippi Economic Development Council 1675 Lakeland Drive Fifth Floor, Suite 502 Jackson, MS 39216 Add us to your address book