The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority this week announced $74 million in grants and low-interest loans for 19 clean water projects in 13 counties.

The awards approved by PENNVEST range from a $1 million loan to upgrade the existing sewage treatment plant for a community in Erie County to a more than $9.3 million loan to construct almost 17 miles of sewage collection lines for a community in Luzerne County.

Also approved were two brownfields cleanup projects:

· Foulk Warehousing Inc.,Northampton County, received a $3,126,141 loan to put a cap more than 17 acres of a contaminated industrial site to prevent rain from contaminating a nearby stream. As a result of this, the business will be able to continue operations and retain 11 jobs at the facility.

· First Philadelphia Holdings LLC, Philadelphia, received a $5.5 million loan to remediate a vacant site in the Tacony section of Philadelphia that is contaminated by various chemicals. The project will allow for future development of the site.

A list of all the projects funded is available online.

10/27/2006