Local Agency Receives $1.2M for Assessments of Contaminated Areas

Local agency receives $1.2M for assessments of contaminated areas

(WTRF) - One local agency recently secured a grant to boost economic development in three local counties. The Brooke, Hancock, and Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commision will receive one-point-two million dollars though the Enviornmental Protection Agency. The money is for the assessment of what is known as Brownfield site. That is any type of industrial, commercial or residential area where contamination may have taken place. Officials with …

Arkansas city to receive $500,000 in federal brownfield grants

The Jefferson County Courthouse in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. (Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)The city of Pine Bluff will use a $500,000 federal grant to assess multiple brownfields in its downtown district and develop cleanup plans, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.  Brownfields are “a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance,…

Pine Bluff to Receive $500K EPA Grant for Downtown Cleanup

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday that the City of Pine Bluff will receive $500,000 in Brownfields grant funding to assess, cleanup and revitalize local properties. Pine Bluff will receive the $500,000 through a Brownfields Assessment Grant to inventory and prioritize brownfield sites, prepare four cleanup plans and one Brownfields Revitalization Plan, and conduct community engagement activities. The target area for…

EPA announces $500K in Brownfield grant funding to assess, cleanup Arkansas communities

DALLAS, Texas — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that the City of Pine Bluff in Arkansas will receive $500,000 in Brownfields grant funding to assess, cleanup, and revitalize local properties. These grants put the agency’s commitment to protect human health and the environment into action while remaining good stewards of tax dollars […]