EPA Awards $1.2 Million in Grants to Assess Nevada Communities for Potential Revitalization Effort
SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has announced that the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada has been selected to receive a $1.2 million Brownfield Grants to assess contaminated local lands as a precursor to potential cleanup and revitalization. This grant puts the agency’s commitment to protect human health and the environment into action while ensuring EPA remains a good steward of tax dollars and advances policies to energize the economy.
"By tackling polluted and abandoned properties, the Brownfields grants being awarded nationwide restore local pride, improve neighborhood health, and ignite economic vitality,” said EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Josh F.W. Cook. “This program transforms liabilities into cherished community assets, building a stronger, more prosperous future for all."
Federal grant recipients must satisfy legal and administrative requirements to receive funds from EPA. The Brownfield Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants being announced nationwide include:
$121.8 million for 148 selectees for Assessment Grants, which will provide funding for brownfield inventories, planning, environmental assessments, and community outreach.
- $88.6 million for 51 selectees for Cleanup Grants, which will provide funding to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites owned by the recipient.
- $15 million for 15 selectees for Revolving Loan Fund grants that will provide funding for recipients to offer loans and subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites.
Brownfields Supplemental Revolving Loan Fund Grants being announced across the U.S. include:
- $42 million for 34 high-performing recipients to help communities continue their work to carry out cleanup and redevelopment projects on contaminated brownfield properties. Supplemental funding for Revolving Loan Fund Grants is available to recipients that have depleted their funds and have viable cleanup projects ready for work.
View the list of selected applicants.
Background
EPA’s Brownfields Program began in 1995 and has provided nearly $2.9 billion in Brownfield Grants to assess and clean up contaminated properties and return blighted properties to productive reuse. To date, brownfields investments leveraged more than $42 billion in cleanup and redevelopment. Over the years, the relatively small investment of federal funding was able to leverage, from both public and private sources, more than 220,500 jobs.
Learn more about EPA Brownfields Grants and the Brownfields Program.
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