Senators Collins, King Announce $24.2 Mi…

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King declared a $24.2 million expenditure from the Environmental Defense Agency (EPA) to assist below-served and economically deprived communities across the State of Maine to conduct brownfields assessments and clean up abandoned industrial and industrial properties.

“We welcome this funding from the EPA’s Brownfields Programs, which will support detect possible dangers and inspire group growth throughout Maine,” claimed Senators Collins and King in a joint assertion. “In addition to cleaning up harmful substances and strengthening our ecosystem, this financial commitment will aid communities create new growth prospects to appeal to corporations that develop very good work for Mainers.”

Maine is getting nine grants underneath the Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment Grants, two grants under the Revolving Financial loan Fund plan, and six grants for supplemental funding less than the Revolving Personal loan Fund software.

The funding will be allocated as follows:

The Brownfields Cleanup Grants are as follows:

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• Our Katahdin will obtain $1,000,000 to assess and address the Previous Fantastic Northern Paper Firm.

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• City of Rockland will obtain $500,000 to deal with Shafter Junkyard.

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The next Local community-huge Brownfields Evaluation Grants will be employed to address numerous web sites through the indicated towns, towns, or preparing organization assistance parts: 

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• Metropolis of Bathtub will obtain $500,000 for community-huge site assessments, including 65 Bowery Road.

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• Metropolis of Belfast will obtain $500,000 for neighborhood-broad website assessments, which include 126 Church Road.

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• Jap Maine Progress Corporation will obtain $500,000 for group-wide web page assessments, such as Former Striar Textile and Great Northern Paper.

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• Town of Gardiner will get $500,000 for group-wide assessments, which include Cobbossee Steam Corridor.

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• Town of Gray will receive $500,000 for local community-extensive website assessments, such as Cobb Devices.

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• Piscataquis County Financial Growth Company will acquire $500,000 for neighborhood-large web-site assessments such as Greenville, Dover-Foxcroft, and Milo.

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• City of South Portland will acquire $500,000 for community-broad assessments, which include Fore River Waterfront.

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• City of Waterville will acquire $500,000 for evaluation get the job done in the downtown location.

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The Revolving Mortgage Fund (RLF) grant and Supplemental RLF grants are to the pursuing companies:

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• Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments will receive $1,000,000 to health supplement their successful RLF system which serves the Androscoggin Valley area.

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• Town of Belfast will obtain $1,000,000 for a new Brownfields RLF program for the city to help help Brownfields cleanups at web sites this sort of as 126 Church Road and others.

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• Jap Maine Growth Company will get $1,000,000 for a new Brownfields RLF program to help help Brownfields cleanups all over the spot including sites such as Good Northern Paper and other individuals.

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• Bigger Portland Council of Governments will acquire $3,900,000 to health supplement their effective RLF program which serves the Increased Portland space.

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• Kennebec Valley Council of Governments will receive $1,000,000 to complement their productive RLF software which serves the Kennebec Valley place.

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• Maine Division of Financial and Neighborhood Growth will receive $3,900,000 to nutritional supplement their effective RLF plan which serves the total state.

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• Metropolis of Portland will get $3,000,000 to nutritional supplement their productive RLF plan which serves the Metropolis of Portland.

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• Southern Maine Setting up and Advancement Fee will get $3,900,000 to nutritional supplement their prosperous RLF program which serves the southern Maine area

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EPA’s Revolving Financial loan Fund (RLF) Brownfields grants give funding for a grant recipient to capitalize a revolving bank loan fund and to offer loans and subgrants to carry out cleanup routines at brownfield internet sites. By these grants, EPA strengthens the marketplace and encourages stakeholders to leverage assets to thoroughly clean up and redevelop brownfields. When loans are repaid, the personal loan sum is returned into the fund and re-lent to other borrowers, furnishing an ongoing source of capital within just a group. The supplemental RLF funds introduced today are going to communities that have shown accomplishment in applying their revolving loan cash to clear up and redevelop brownfield internet sites. The supplemental funds will be employed to go on their development in reusing vacant and abandoned houses and turning them into group assets these types of as housing, recreation and open space, wellbeing services, social providers, and commerce alternatives.

A brownfield web page is a residence that is made up of a dangerous substance, pollutant, or contaminant that can hinder the potential to reuse or redevelop the site. The EPA’s Brownfields Programs help states and local communities as they assess, securely clean up, and reuse brownfield web sites for economic progress tasks.

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