On May 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $254.5 million in Brownfields grants to 265 communities, including eight grants in Pennsylvania totaling $7.3 million.

The grants are supported by the federal 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.

Pennsylvania grants include--

-- Bucks County Redevelopment Authority,  Community-wide Assessment $300,000

-- Erie County Industrial Development Authority,  Community-wide Assessment $500,000*

-- Greene County Industrial Development Authority,  Community-wide Assessment $500,000* and Cleanup Mather Site $500,000

-- Hazleton, Community-wide Assessment $500,000

-- Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry & Tourism, Community-wide Assessment $500,000*

-- Penn-Northwest Development Corporation, Community-wide Assessment $500,000*

Supplemental funding--

-- Montgomery County Redevelopment Authority, $1,000,000*

-- Northampton County Bethlehem  $3,000,000*

*Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

Click Here for more information on local projects funded.

Related Articles This Week: Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding:

-- Sen. Casey, DEP Highlight Importance Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Address Abandoned Mine Reclamation In Visit To Northumberland County

-- EPA Announces 2022 State Water Revolving Fund Grants Funded By Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; PA Share Is $240.1 Million

[Posted: May 13, 2022]

5/16/2022