SENATORS SNOWE, COLLINS ANNOUNCE $3.8 MILLION BROWNFIELD GRANTS IN MAINE
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins today announced that a combined $3,800,000 in federal funding has been awarded for the assessment and cleanup of Brownfield sites in Maine. The federal grants awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will assist in the revitalization of the Brownfield sites for future economic investments and environmental benefit.
“We are pleased that the EPA has designated these sites throughout Maine as recipients of the vital federal funding for Brownfield cleanups,” Senators Snowe and Collins said in a joint statement. “These investments will provide economic opportunities in Maine, while helping to protect the integrity of the environment for future generations.”
A brownfield is a property that contains a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant, which hinders the potential to reuse or redevelop the site. The EPA’s Brownfields Program assists states and local communities to assess, safely clean up, and reuse brownfields for economic development projects.
The funding is being allocated as follows:
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: $200,000 Cleanup Grant for hazardous substances
- Northern Maine Development Commission in Caribou: Assessment Grants totaling $200,000 for hazardous substances and $200,000 for petroleum
- City of Old Town: $600,000 Cleanup Grant for hazardous substances
- Piscataquis County Economic Development Council in Dover-Foxcroft: Revolving Loan Fund Grants totaling $650,000 for hazardous substances and $150,000 for petroleum
- City of Rockland: Assessment Grants totaling $200,000 for hazardous substances and $200,000 for petroleum
- Town of Sanford: Assessment Grants totaling $200,000 for hazardous substances and $200,000 for petroleum. Cleanup Grants totaling $200,000 for hazardous substances and $200,000 for petroleum.
- Washington County Council of Governments in Calais: Assessment Grants totaling $200,000 for hazardous substances and $200,000 for petroleum
- Town of Wilton: $200,000 Cleanup Grant for hazardous substances
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