The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The award will fund assessment-related activities to inventory, characterize, assess and conduct cleanup planning for four brownfield sites within the East School Street and Pond Street Redevelopment District of Woonsocket. Specifically, the City...
This $300,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 will fund the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to conduct brownfields assessment and planning activities in Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket, Rhode Island through September 2024. As part of the EPA's Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program, RIDEM will inventory, characterize, and assess priority brownfield sites. They...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $700,000 Project Grant to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817). The purpose of this award is to enhance RIDEM's Brownfields Response Program to meet the statutory requirements of an effective state response program, as outlined in CERCLA Section 128(a)(2). Key activities under this grant include conducting site inventories,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management a $785,000 Project Grant under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. Through this award, the Rhode Island DEM will enhance the state's Brownfields response program capacity and carry out planning, assessment, and cleanup activities for brownfield sites across Rhode Island from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Specifically, the Rhode Island DEM will...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Town of Seekonk, Massachusetts 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 cleanup and redevelopment activities at the Attleboro Dye Works brownfield site in Seekonk. Specifically, the town will remediate two lagoons containing hazardous substances by excavating approximately 1,600 tons of...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management $795,000 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) federal Project Grant for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The funding will support RIDEM's Brownfield response program, which includes timely inventory and assessment of potentially contaminated brownfield sites. It will also fund oversight of cleanup response actions to ensure the...
This $750,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) will fund the Town of Newport, New Hampshire to conduct brownfield remediation activities. Specifically, the award will enable the Town to clean up one brownfield site, create a community involvement plan and administrative record, and submit quarterly progress reports. The...
This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815) will fund Groundwork Rhode Island, doing business as Keep Providence Beautiful, to provide job training and certification to underemployed and unemployed residents of Providence, Pawtucket, and surrounding Rhode Island communities. The project will train up to 72 individuals in environmental remediation skills...
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) was awarded a $745,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817). The purpose of this grant is to enhance RIDEM's Brownfields Response Program capacity to meet the statutory elements of an effective state response program, including timely site inventory, oversight and enforcement, public involvement, and cleanup plan approval and...
The City of Providence is receiving a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA #66.129). The funding will support a community-centered planning and outreach project to understand, model, and develop mitigation options to address urban flooding in 2-3 disadvantaged neighborhoods in Providence, Rhode Island. The project will engage local non-profit organizations as...