[Pollinator] Fwd: EPA Awards $4 Million for Brownfields

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 From: White.Roberta at epamail.epa.gov
Sent: 10/15/2010 1:52:13 P.M. Pacific  Daylight Time
Subj: EPA Awards $4 Million for Brownfields 




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FOR  IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 15, 2010

EPA Awards $4 Million for  Brownfields

Most assistance to under-served, economically disadvantaged  communities

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  has
announced it is awarding $4 million in assistance to 23  communities,
many in under-served and economically disadvantaged areas, to  develop
area-wide plans for the reuse of brownfields properties.  Mathy
Stanislaus, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Solid Waste  and
Emergency Response announced the grants today at an event in  Cleveland,
along with Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Department of Housing  and
Urban Development. The plans will integrate site cleanup and reuse  into
coordinated strategies to lay the foundation for addressing  community
needs such as economic development, job creation, housing,  recreation,
and education and health facilities.  Brownfields are  properties where
the presence or potential presence of hazardous  substances, pollutants,
or contaminants may complicate the properties’  expansion, redevelopment,
or reuse.

"This area-wide approach  recognizes that revitalization of the
communities impacted by multiple  brownfield sites or a large individual
site – particularly in distressed  communities – requires a strategy for
area-wide improvement to attract  investment to redevelop brownfields
properties,” said Mathy Stanislaus,  assistant administrator for EPA’s
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency  Response.  “The approach also
recognizes the importance of identifying  and leveraging additional
local, state, and federal investment to implement  the plans.”

EPA will work with the selected projects in 18 states and  one territory
to identify ways the planning effort can utilize local, state  and
federal resources to help implement area-wide efforts for  housing,
transportation, economic growth and healthy communities.   Recipients
will be able to leverage the Partnership for Sustainable  Communities, a
joint effort of EPA, the Department of Transportation, the  Department of
Housing and Urban Development and the Economic  Development
Administration, to identify potential resources to help move  the
community plans forward.

EPA will award up to $175,000 each per  selected recipient to help
facilitate community involvement in developing  an area-wide plan for a
brownfields impacted area, such as a neighborhood,  district, city block
or corridor.  The assistance will be provided  through grant funding or
agency support. EPA and its partner federal  agencies will work with the
selected communities to:

·         Use the funds to identify potential future  uses for
brownfields properties.
·   Create a set of area-wide strategies that will help  ensure
successful assessment, cleanup and reuse of the  brownfields sites.
·         Develop  strategies for facilitating the reuse of existing
infrastructure, including taking into account potential
infrastructure investments needed to accommodate alternative  future
uses of brownfields properties.

The Partnership  for Sustainable Communities ensures that the agencies’
policies, programs,  and funding consider affordable housing,
transportation, and environmental  protection together.  This interagency
collaboration gets better  results for communities and uses taxpayer
money more efficiently.   Coordinating federal investments in
infrastructure, facilities, and  services meets multiple economic,
environmental, and community objectives  with each dollar spent.  The
partnership is helping communities across  the country to create more
housing choices, make transportation more  efficient and reliable,
reinforce existing investments, and support vibrant  and healthy
neighborhoods that attract businesses.

The partnership  has released a new publication that looks at the
progress the agencies have  made in the first year.  The document
explains how the partnership has  targeted resources to help communities
strengthen their economies by  developing more sustainably and removing
regulatory and policy barriers to  make it easier for state and local
governments to access federal  resources.

More information on the grant  recipients:
http://epa.gov/brownfields/areawide_grants.htm

More  information on the  partnership:
http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/partnership_year1.pdf

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