The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $254.5 million in Brownfields Grants to 256 communities, and Pennsylvania is the beneficiary of $7.3 million of those funds to focus on brownfields cleanups, assessment and community revitalization for nine sites in eight separate communities.
Among the recipients is Bucks County Redevelopment Authority, receiving an Assessment Grant of $300,000. Communitywide grant funds will be used to conduct 12 Phase I and 6 Phase II environmental site assessments in the target areas of the Bucks County Enterprise Zone and Sellersville Borough.
Montgomery County will receive Revolving Loan Fund Supplemental Funding of $1 million. Supplemental grant funds will be used to provide loans and subgrants to entities within the county for the cleanup of contaminated sites. The primary target area for the supplemental funds is Pottstown.
Northampton County will receive Revolving Loan Fund Supplemental Funding of $3 million. Supplemental grant funds will be used to provide loans and subgrants for the cleanup of contaminated sites in the target area of Bethlehem.
“The funding provided to Pennsylvania communities is part of a dedicated nationwide effort to transform contaminated and potentially dangerous sites into productive properties that provide new jobs and opportunities,” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz. “EPA’s Brownfields grants not only provide funding to assess and clean up contaminated properties, but they help rejuvenate local communities and overcome economic, environmental, public health, and social issues associated with brownfields.”
The grants are supported by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides a total of $1.5 billion to advance environmental justice, spur economic revitalization, and create jobs by cleaning up contaminated, polluted, or hazardous brownfield properties.
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