2007 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:54:19 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] EPA CARE Grants 2008
 
For Release

EPA to Award Community Grants Across Country

Contact: Shakeba Carter-Jenkins (202) 564-4355 /
carter-jenkins.shakeba@epa.gov

(Washington, D.C. - Dec. 18, 2007)  The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency today announced that around $3 million will be available in 2008
to support community-based partnerships to reduce pollution at the local
level through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE)
program.

EPA anticipates awarding CARE cooperative agreements in two levels.
Level I cooperative agreements range from $75,000 to $100,000 and will
help establish community-based partnerships to develop local
environmental priorities. Level II awards, ranging from $150,000 to
$300,000 each, will support communities which have established
broad-based partnerships, have identified the priority toxic risks in
the community, and are prepared to measure results, implement risk
reduction activities, and become self-sustaining. In 2007, $3.4 million
in cooperative agreements were made available to more than 20
communities through the CARE program, a community-based,
community-driven program that builds partnerships to help the public
understand and reduce toxic risks from numerous sources. Examples of
projects include addressing abandoned, contaminated industrial and
residential properties in Gary, Ind., dealing with agriculture-related
toxics in Yakima County, Wash., and reducing air emissions from diesel
trucks and buses in Woonsocket, R.I. Since 2005, the grants to reduce
toxics in the environment have reached almost 50 communities in over 20
states.

Applications for the CARE grants are due March 17, 2008. Eligible
applicants include county and local governments, tribes, non-profit
organizations and universities. EPA will conduct three conference calls,
Jan. 18, Feb. 11 and 27, for prospective applicants to ask questions
about the application process.

Additional information about the CARE program, previous cooperative
agreement recipients, and applying for the 2008 grants is available at:
http://www.epa.gov/care



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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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