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 provide funding to the City of Sterling, Illinois to conduct remediation activities on at least one brownfield site within the city. Specifically, the agreement will enable the City to procure and manage a qualified environmental professional to perform site assessments,...
This $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement was 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). The award provides funding to the North Central Illinois Council of Governments, a non-profit regional planning organization, to conduct environmental assessment activities for brownfield sites across six counties in Illinois. Specifically, the funding will support the...
This 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 provide $3,500,000 in funding to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to re-capitalize a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) for the cleanup of brownfield sites across the state of Illinois. The award will support IEPA's efforts to issue loans and subgrants to remediate...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Will County Center for Economic Development under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA #66.818) program. The award will fund eligible brownfield assessment activities including Phase I, Phase II, cleanup planning and reuse planning on sites located in Will County and the cities of Joliet, Lockport, and Rockdale, Illinois from October 1,...
This $1,270,305 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 enable the City of Mendota, Illinois to conduct remediation activities on a brownfield site. The recipient will competitively procure and direct a qualified environmental professional to carry out environmental site activities, create a community involvement plan and...
This $1 million cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 will fund Prairie Hills Resource Conservation & Development Inc. to capitalize a revolving loan fund under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA #66.818) program. The recipient will use the fund to issue approximately four loans totaling up to $150,000 in subgrants to remediate at least four brownfield sites in Fulton, Hancock, Henderson,...
This federal 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 $400,000 to the Village of Richton Park, Illinois to conduct eligible brownfield assessment-related activities. Specifically, the funding will support the village in inventory, characterizing, assessing, and conducting cleanup planning and community involvement on...
The City of Dixon, Illinois received a $767,900 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). This funding will allow the City to conduct remediation activities, including environmental site assessments, cleanup planning, and site remediation, at the former Dimco metal scrapyard facility in Dixon. Specifically, the City will...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $781,925 Project Grant under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817) to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to enhance the state's brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to: (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective state response program, (2) maintain a public record of completed and planned response actions, and (3) conduct a limited number...
This federal 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 fund the City of South Beloit, Illinois to conduct remediation activities at a brownfield site. Specifically, the $1,461,005 award will enable the city to clean up the former Mannino property brownfield site. The recipient will competitively procure and direct a...