From: | CPEO Moderator <cpeo@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 28 Aug 2001 22:20:30 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Whitman Announces $4 Million Pilot Project To Clean up Underground |
United States Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Press Release Washington, DC For Release: Thursday, August 23 , 2001 Whitman Announces $4 Million Pilot Project To Clean up Underground Storage Tank Sites Administrator Christie Whitman today announced that EPA will provide $4 million in financial assistance to clean up contamination from leaking underground storage tanks around the nation. The Agency expects to select up to 40 pilot projects to help states and cities clean up these properties and foster redevelopment by returning them to productive economic and public use. "These sites have caused problems that in many cases have very costly solutions. With this pilot money, recipients will be able to accelerate cleanup and return properties to viable use," said Whitman. "Fostering clean up at these sites not only restores the land but helps protect our water resources from petroleum contamination. The new pilot program is similar to our Brownfields initiatives in that it can help revitalize industrial areas and communities." While Brownfields has been extremely successful, it has been unable to address abandoned petroleum tanks. These new pilots are building on the successful Brownfields program by bridging that gap. The pilot project, called USTfields, involves abandoned or under-used industrial and commercial properties with perceived or actual contamination from petroleum that has leaked from underground storage tanks (USTs). EPA is inviting states, territories and federally- recognized Indian Tribes as well as eligible intertribal consortia to compete for these pilots. Each selected pilot will receive up to $100,000 in Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund monies. The deadline for submitting proposals for the USTfields Pilots is October 22. The announcement of the selected pilots will take place by the end of the year. R-144 ### ~ To retrieve the Proposal Guidelines for USTfields Pilots, visit the USTFields Pilots page at: http://www.epa.gov/swerust1/ustfield/index.htm#pilots For more general information on the USTfields Initiative, visit that page at: http://www.epa.gov/swerust1/ustfield/ For general information on the U.S. EPA's Brownfields Program, visit: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read CPEO's archived Brownfields messages visit http://www.cpeo.org/lists/brownfields If this email has been forwarded to you and you'd like to subscribe, please send a message to cpeo-brownfields-subscribe@igc.topica.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://igc.topica.com/u/?aVxieR.aVGyPL Or send an email To: cpeo-brownfields-unsubscribe@igc.topica.com This email was sent to: cpeo-brownfields@npweb.craigslist.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================ |
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