[CPEO-BIF] Grant Funds Available for the Cleanup of Brownfield Properties

["Petitjean, Herb (EEC)" <Herb.Petitjean@ky.gov>]

Grant Funds Available for the Cleanup of Brownfield Properties

Up to $50,000 available per project

 

FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 17, 2014) – The Energy and Environment Cabinet is making available $140,000 in grant funding for local governments, nonprofits and quasi-governmental agencies for projects that clean up brownfield properties, including old factories, former gas stations, and other properties that are abandoned or underutilized due to environmental contamination.

 

The Department for Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Kentucky Brownfield Redevelopment Program is offering the grants through the Cleaner Commonwealth Fund. The fund is a grant-and-loan fund established with an $850,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund grant.

 

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For the entire press release, see

http://eec.ky.gov/Lists/News%20Releases%202/Grant%20funds%20available%20for%20the%20cleanup%20of%20brownfield%20properties.pdf

 

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Herb Petitjean
Brownfield Coordinator
Division of Compliance Assistance

300 Fair Oaks Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-0323 or 1-800-926-8111 voice
502-564-9720 fax
herb.petitjean@ky.gov

Kentucky Brownfield Redevelopment Program http://dca.ky.gov/brownfields

       Central Appalachian Revitalization Network http://tiny.cc/mtgsl

 

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