Friday
May152009
EPA Launches Grants Initiative to Clean Up Brownfields Across the Country
May 15, 2009 Kyriaki (Sandy) Venetis 
A Lawrence, Mass. Brownfield transformed into the Dr. Nina Scarito Park.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the availability of an estimated $111.9 million in grants to help communities clean up polluted sites known as Brownfields.
The grants include $74.6 million from the EPA Brownfields general funding program, and $37.3 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Communities in 46 states, four tribes, and two U.S. Territories will share in these grants to help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites.