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 $3,000,000 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 Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) to re-capitalize a Revolving Loan Fund. The funds will be used to make loans and subgrants to clean up brownfield sites and conduct other necessary activities to manage the Revolving Loan Fund in...
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,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $897,850 Cooperative Agreement to the City of Bangor City Hall Finance Division 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 conduct remediation activities at a brownfield site in Bangor, Maine, as authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(3). Key activities include hiring a qualified environmental professional to perform...
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 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 $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 (EPA) awarded the City of Gardiner, Maine a $500,000 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup program (CFDA 66.818) from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. The funding will support the recipient conducting eligible assessment-related activities in the Cobbossee Corridor Target Area, including inventorying, characterizing, assessing sites and conducting cleanup planning and community involvement...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 has awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Town of East Millinocket, Maine under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will enable the town to conduct brownfield assessment activities, including environmental site investigations, cleanup planning, and community engagement. Specific deliverables include up to 8 Phase I and Phase II...