The City of Portland, Maine was awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will support the city's efforts to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement activities related to brownfield sites in Portland. Specifically, the city plans to complete 6 Phase I and Phase II...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the City of Portland, Maine a $3 million cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) effective October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2027. The funding will allow the City to recapitalize its Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) and provide up to $4 million in loans and subgrants to assess and remediate eight contaminated brownfield sites in...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the City of South Portland, Maine a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA #66.818) program. Over the four year period from July 2022 through September 2026, South Portland will use the funding to conduct brownfields assessment and planning activities. Specifically, South Portland anticipates conducting eight Phase I and six Phase II...
This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) will provide funding to the Southern Maine Planning & Development Commission to conduct eligible brownfield assessment-related activities in 39 communities across York, Cumberland, and Oxford counties in Maine. The activities are expected to include conducting up to 10...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1, under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.818) program, provides $675,000 in funding to the Friends of the Boat School Marine Trades Development Corporation to conduct remediation activities at a brownfield site located in Eastport, Maine. The funding will enable the recipient to clean up the brownfield site, create a community involvement...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Greater Portland Council of Governments a $3.9 million cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.818) program. The funding will allow GPCOG to recapitalize its revolving loan fund to provide approximately $6-8 loans and potentially $0-2 subgrants through September 2027 to assess and remediate an estimated 8 brownfield sites in the Greater...
This $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) will provide funding to the City of Westbrook, Maine to conduct brownfield remediation activities. Specifically, the agreement will support the cleanup of a contaminated brownfield site in Westbrook, including environmental site assessments, development of a community...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the City of Rockland, Maine a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA #66.818) program. The funding will allow the City of Rockland to remediate one brownfield site by conducting cleanup activities authorized under CERCLA Section 104(k)(3). Specifically, the City will competitively procure environmental professional services to conduct site...
This $17,800,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (CFDA 20.823) will modernize and expand the refrigerated container storage capacity at the Portland International Marine Terminal in Maine. The key project components include constructing 12 refrigerated container racks with a total capacity of approximately 420 containers, installing electrical infrastructure to power the refrigerated...
This $500,000 Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.818) awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 provides funding to the City of Saco, Maine to conduct eligible brownfield assessment-related activities. Under this 4-year award, the City will inventory, characterize, assess, and perform cleanup planning for up to 13 brownfield sites. The City will also procure and oversee qualified environmental...