City awaits decision on grant allowing Kuhn’s demolition

Source: Vicksburg Post, 2017-03-18, J. Surratt

"The future of Kuhn Memorial Hospital could lie with the Environmental Protection Agency.

The city of Vicksburg has applied for two Brownfields cleanup grants totaling $400,000 to help pay part of the estimated $850,000 cost of razing and removing the three buildings and removing a diesel tank containing 4,000 gallons of fuel.

Funded by the EPA, Brownfields grants provide money to help local governments clean and renovate former hazardous material sites..."

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MDEQ Publishes 2016 Brownfield Annual Report

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has published its annual report for State Fiscal Year 2016.

Section 49-35-27 of the Mississippi Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Act requires that the department report to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chairman of the Senate Environmental Protection, Conservation and Water Resources Committee, and the Chairman of the House Conservation and Water Resources Committee on the status of the implementation of the Mississippi Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Program.

The report includes a list of all brownfield parties and brownfield agreement sites participating in the program, a map showing the locations of sites, a brief description of the brownfield agreement for each site, including the location of the site, the agreement implementation status of each site and to the extent practicable, information on the redevelopment or reuse of each site. The report annually highlights those sites included in the Program since the last annual report.

Webinar: Leveraging Resources for Brownfields Revitalization

Leveraging Resources for Brownfields Revitalization: Meet the Funders: Parks, Community Health, and the Arts - February 28, 2017, 1:00PM-2:30PM (18:00-19:30 GMT). 

Brownfield grants from the U.S. EPA are one of many sources of funds that can support redevelopment of contaminated sites. This webinar will highlight a number of redevelopment resources available from the National Park Service (NPS), The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to leverage your brownfield dollars. The webinar will also feature a presentation from a community that has successfully used grants, loans and other support from these agencies for its revitalization efforts. It is the fourth in OBLR's webinar series on what communities need to know to successfully leverage resources for brownfields revitalization. For more information and to register, see http://clu-in.org/live.

FREE Brownfield Webinar to Assist in Preparing Assessment and Cleanup Proposals

To assist applicants with their proposals, EPA will host the EPA National Assessment and Cleanup Guideline Webinar; tentatively scheduled for the first week of November 2016.  Join the webinar via AdobeConnect athttp://epawebconferencing.acms.com/fy17/ and/or phone (1-866-299-3188/ Conference Code: 202 566 1817).