WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $254.5M in Brownfields grants to 265 communities. The grants are supported by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides a total of $1.5B to advance environmental justice, spur economic revitalization, and create jobs by cleaning up contaminated, polluted, or hazardous brownfield properties. Brownfield projects can range from cleaning up buildings with asbestos or lead contamination, to assessing and cleaning up abandoned properties that once managed dangerous chemicals. Mississippi-based FY-22 Brownfield grant recipients include Central Mississippi Planning & Development District $453,000; Golden Triangle Planning and Development District $500,000; Hernando Community-wide Assessment $409,000; Louisville Community-wide Assessment $484,000; Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Community-wide - States/Tribes Assessment $1.56M. Once cleaned up, former brownfield properties can be redeveloped into productive uses such as grocery stores, affordable housing, health centers, museums, parks, and solar farms. (Source: EPA 05/13/22) Applicants Selected for FY 2022 Brownfields Assessment, RLF, Cleanup (ARC) Grants and RLF Supplemental Funding | US EPA
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