Cooperative Agreement 97185001

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 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...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island a $780,000 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup program (CFDA 66.818) from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The award will fund assessment and cleanup activities at the Rhode Island-Dorado Property/River Street site in Woonsocket, which has been complicated by potential hazardous substance contamination. Specifically, the City will...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815) provides $500,000 in funding to Groundwork Rhode Island, doing business as Keep Providence Beautiful, to conduct environmental workforce development activities in Rhode Island. The grant will fund the recruitment, training, and placement of unemployed and underemployed residents in environmental careers with skills needed for...

The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) was awarded a $833,105 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129). The funding will support the completion of final designs, permitting, and construction for several nature-based stormwater capture and treatment, active transportation, and recreational infrastructure projects along the Woonasquatucket...

This $200,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 funds Groundwork Rhode Island under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815) to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed Rhode Island residents in environmental careers. Training will include 16 courses ranging from OSHA health and safety certifications to skills in wastewater treatment, brownfields assessment, and green infrastructure. Trainees will also gain...

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 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...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), will provide $224,200.00 in funding to the Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corporation to conduct remediation activities at a brownfield site in Greenville, West Virginia. The key activities to be performed include: Cleaning up a brownfield site Competitively procuring and directing a...

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...