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...
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 $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...
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...
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 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 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 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...
This $500,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 will support Our Katahdin in cleaning up a brownfield site in Millinocket, Maine. Under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), Our Katahdin will remove hazardous building materials from the research building on the site to ready it for redevelopment. Activities include contractor procurement, community engagement, developing...
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...