[CPEO-BIF] Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance grants

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Note: CPEO is one of the grantees announced today. We'll let everyone 
know more about what services we can provide once we have negotiated our 
Cooperative Agreement with EPA. - LS]

U.S. EPA Press Release
September 3, 2008


Organizations Receive $1.5 Million for Brownfields Training, Research, 
and Technical Assistance

(Washington, D.C.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding 
10 grants for brownfields training, research, and technical assistance 
projects with national scope and impact. More than $1.5 million in 
funding will support brownfields assessment, cleanup, and revitalization 
across the country.

The grants will fund projects that are exploring new and innovative 
ideas in the areas of protection of human health and the environment, 
sustainable development, and equitable development. Each assistance 
project will receive between $100,000 and $150,000 in annual funding for 
up to five years. Project examples include:

    * Research to advance the science of characterizing arsenic at 
mine-scarred land sites.
    * Advancing the sustainability of local gardening and farming 
initiatives on brownfields.
    * Identifying mine-scarred or contaminated lands that could be used 
for renewable energy production.
    * Supporting green jobs through technical assistance to communities 
establishing brownfields job training programs.


Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be 
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous 
substance, pollutant, or contaminant. In January 2002, President Bush 
signed the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields 
Revitalization Act, which increased funding, expanded authority, and 
provided liability protection to help communities revitalize 
brownfields. EPA provides grants, technical assistance and training to 
support local brownfields efforts.

For more information on the brownfields grants, go to: 
epa.gov/brownfields/trta.htm#app



For the original release, go to
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/dc57b08b5acd42bc852573c90044a9c4/224231e29984f974852574b900528fec!OpenDocument

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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