Brownfields Grants To Investigation and Cleanup Ohio Sites

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $2.8 million in grants to redevelop contaminated properties, create jobs and protect public health in Ohio. These “brownfield grants” are used to assess and clean up abandoned industrial and commercial properties.
The Ohio brownfield grants were distributed as follows:

• Lockland, Site Assessment, Hazardous Substances, $200,000
• Lorain Port Authority, Site Assessment, $400,000
• Newark, Site Assessment, Hazardous Substances, $200,000
• Northeast Ohio Four County Regional Planning & Development Organization, Site Assessment, $600,000
• Ottawa County, Site Assessment, $400,000
• Toledo, Site Assessment, $800,000
• Vinton Baptist Church, Cleanup, Field of Hope Community Campus, $200,000

The Ohio grants are part of the EPA’s $69.3 million 2012 nationwide brownfields grants to clean up and redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies, create jobs and protect public health.

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