The Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments (AVCOG) has been awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). This funding will enable AVCOG to conduct eligible brownfield assessment-related activities in the Androscoggin Valley of Maine, including inventory, characterization, assessment, cleanup planning, and...
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...
The Kennebec Valley Council of Governments (KVCOG) was awarded a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The award will enable KVCOG to re-capitalize its revolving loan fund to provide loans and subgrants for brownfield site assessment and cleanup in central Maine. KVCOG will oversee cleanup activities at four brownfield...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.818) program. The funding will support the recipient in conducting eligible assessment-related activities authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(2) in Piscataquis County, Maine. Specifically, the recipient will inventory, characterize, assess, and...
This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award, provided 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 enable the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council to re-capitalize a revolving loan fund. The funding will support the council's efforts to clean up and redevelop brownfield sites within Piscataquis County, Maine. Key activities include issuing...
This $500,000 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 fund the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments (KVCOG) to conduct eligible assessment-related activities in Kennebec, Somerset, and Western Waldo Counties in Maine. Specifically, the award will support KVCOG in inventorying, characterizing, and assessing brownfield sites,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $3.5 million cooperative agreement to the Mount Ascutney Regional Commission under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will capitalize a revolving loan fund to provide up to $6 loans and $5 subgrants for assessment and remediation of eight brownfield sites in Southern Windsor County, Vermont. The Commission will manage the loan fund, oversee...
This $900,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 provides funding to the City of Caribou, Maine under the EPA's Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The grant will enable the City to conduct brownfield remediation activities, including cleanup of the Caribou Diesel Power Plant site and associated outbuildings. Specifically, the City will procure environmental...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded Eastern Maine Development Corporation a $500,000 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will support assessment-related activities including Phase I and II environmental site assessments, planning documents, community meetings, and cleanup plans in Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Waldo Counties in Maine from July 1,...
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...