This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) will provide funding to North Central Montana Economic Development District, Inc. (also known as Sweetgrass Development) to capitalize a revolving loan fund. The recipient will use this funding to issue loans and subgrants to clean up and remediate approximately 4 brownfield sites...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded a $3.9 million cooperative agreement to the Snowy Mountain Development Corporation to capitalize a revolving loan fund for brownfield remediation and redevelopment activities in central Montana under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.818) program. Through October 2022 to September 2027, the recipient will provide funding to complete assessment and cleanup of 13 brownfield...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded the Montana Department of Environmental Quality a $2 million cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. Through this award, the Montana DEQ will conduct eligible assessment-related activities authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(2) to inventory, characterize, assess, and develop cleanup plans for...
This $2.65 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 will fund the Great Falls Development Authority's (GFDA) brownfields revolving loan fund program in Cascade County, Montana. The GFDA will re-capitalize its revolving loan fund to provide $848,000 in subgrants and loans for the assessment and cleanup of contaminated brownfield sites. It anticipates issuing two loans, two subgrants, and one loan/subgrant combination to remediate five sites...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), provides $500,000 in funding to Bear Paw Development Corporation of Northern Montana, a non-profit community development organization. The award will enable the recipient to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement activities for...
The Big Sky Economic Development Authority has received a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will be used to capitalize a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) to make loans and subgrants for the cleanup of brownfield sites in the downtown and east Billings, Montana areas. The recipient will competitively procure environmental...
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 Great Falls Development Authority, Inc. to conduct eligible Brownfields assessment-related activities in Cascade County, Montana. The funding will be used to inventory, characterize, and assess Brownfield sites, as well as develop cleanup plans and facilitate...
This $500,000 Brownfields Multipurpose 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 North Central Montana Economic Development District (NCMEDD) to conduct eligible brownfield assessment activities in Blackfeet Nation and Cascade, Glacier, Pondera, Teton, and Toole Counties, Montana. Specifically, the...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded Missoula County a $500,000 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.818) program. The funding will support brownfields assessment and cleanup planning activities from August 2022 through September 2025. Specifically, Missoula County will inventory, characterize, and assess brownfield sites. The county will also conduct cleanup planning, community...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded Big Sky Economic Development Authority 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 Big Sky Economic Development to conduct eligible assessment-related activities authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(2) in downtown and east Billings, Montana from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. Specifically, Big Sky...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) to Great Northern Development Corporation, a non-profit community development organization in Montana. This funding will enable Great Northern Development Corporation to re-capitalize a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) to provide loans and subgrants for cleaning up brownfield sites across 15 counties and two Native American reservations in eastern Montana. The organization will oversee environmental site activities, create community engagement plans, and report on program progress and outcomes. Specifically, the funding will support approximately 4 loans and 3 subgrants to remediate 7 brownfield sites, 9 community meetings, 7 cleanup alternatives analyses, and 19 quarterly reports.