(AGENPARL) – gio 25 maggio 2023 Issued: May 25, 2023 (1:57pm EDT)
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EPA awards $2.25M for cleanup and revitalization of properties across eastern
Montana?
Great Northern Development Corp. to use Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to
address contamination in Poplar, Glendive and communities in Roosevelt, Dawson
Counties?
?Contacts?:
Great Northern Development Corporation: Tori Matejovsky, Executive Director,
Glendive, Mont. (May 25, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) today announced the Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) will
receive a $2,250,000 Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund grant, funded by the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, for dozens of assessment, cleanup and
redevelopment projects.  
The grant will focus on in Glendive, Poplar, Wolf Point and other eastern
Montana communities.?GNDC will work closely with a group of partners as the
Eastern Montana Brownfields Coalition (EMBC) to identify and fund priority
projects.?? 
“GNDC is receiving these funds as a high-performing Revolving Loan Fund
program with an established record of success in cleaning up and revitalizing
properties across eastern Montana,” said EPA Regional Administrator KC
Becker. “We look forward to seeing these EMBC projects improve the health
and safety of communities and bring new business opportunities to the
area.”? 
“As a third-generation farmer, I understand the challenges rural America is
facing, including the lasting impacts of toxic waste,” said U.S. Senator
Jon Tester. “Cleaning up and revitalizing Montana’s remaining Brownfield
sites breathes new life into our communities by creating some real
opportunities for economic development. That’s why I am proud to have
secured this funding in my Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for cleanup projects
across Big Sky Country to spur economic growth and improve the quality of life
for folks from Glendive to Kalispell.” 
EPA’s award to GNDC is among six Brownfields grants announced today totaling
more than $5.7 million for cleanup and revitalization projects in communities
across Montana.? These funds are part of President Biden’s Investing in
America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites
while advancing environmental justice through the Multipurpose, Assessment,
Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) Grant programs. Thanks to the historic
boost from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this funding is the largest ever
awarded by the EPA’s Brownfields MARC Grant programs. 
"The EPA Brownfields program is essential for stabilizing and improving the
economic well-being and environmental quality of eastern Montana
communities,” said Tori Matejovsky, Executive Director, Great Northern
Development Corporation. “The EMBC plans to leverage the EPA Revolving Loan
Fund supplemental award with other public and private resources to help
property owners redevelop sites in some of Montana's most rural and
disadvantaged communities. The coalition sincerely thanks the EPA for their
continued partnership and support of the EMBC's goal to spearhead
environmental cleanup and rehabilitation efforts in rural eastern Montana
communities."?? 
EPA funding will extend the capacity of GNDC’s Revolving Loan Fund program
to complete cleanups in 15 counties in eastern Montana, as well as the entire
Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Indian Reservation and the Northern Cheyenne
Indian Reservation.? 
GNDC will use the EPA grant as they work with the Montana Department of
Environmental Quality, the Fort Peck Tribes Economic Development Office and
the Fort Peck Tribes Office of Environmental Protection to develop a cleanup
plan for the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Industrial Complex, creating
dozens of high-quality jobs on the Reservation.?? 
GNDC is also working with the City of Glendive and the Dawson County Economic
Development Corporation to clean up and explore redevelopment uses for the
Jordan Inn in Glendive as mixed-income rental units and retail space on nearly
an entire block on the city’s main street.  
The former Jaycee Building in Glasgow, Valley County, is another target
property, where site cleanup will prepare the property for reuse as
multifamily housing.?In addition, the VFW Building in Wolf Point, Roosevelt
County, will be cleaned up and reused as a community youth facility and food
bank. GNDC is also dedicating funds to the Pro-Tire property in Wolf Point,
which is a candidate for potential reuse as a small business.?? 
Contaminants of concern at these locations include asbestos, lead, petroleum
compounds and other hazardous pollutants in building materials, soil and
groundwater. 
Other Brownfields grants announced in Montana today include:? 
Sweetgrass Development Corporation, north-central Montana: $1 million 
Montana West Economic Development Foundation, Inc: Kalispell, Flathead County,
$500,000? 
Big Sky Economic Development, Billings: $1 million 
Great Falls Development Authority: $500,000 
Beartooth Resource Conservation and Development, Stillwater, Carbon and Big
Horn Counties and the Northern Cheyenne and Crow Indian Reservations:
$460,000 
Background? 
Thanks to the historic $1.5 billion boost from President Biden’s Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, EPA’s Brownfields Program is helping more communities
than ever begin to address the economic, social and environmental challenges
caused by brownfields and stimulate economic opportunity and environmental
revitalization in historically overburdened communities.  
EPA’s Brownfields Program also advances President Biden’s Justice40
Initiative to direct 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal
investments to disadvantaged communities. Approximately 84% of the MARC
program applications selected to receive funding proposed to work in areas
that include historically underserved communities. 
EPA’s Brownfields Program began in 1995 and has provided nearly $2.37
billion in Brownfield Grants to assess and clean up contaminated properties
and return blighted properties to productive reuse. EPA’s investments in
addressing brownfield sites have leveraged more than $36 billion in cleanup
and redevelopment. Communities that previously received Brownfields Grants
used these resources to fund assessments and cleanups of brownfields, and
successfully leverage an average of 10.6 jobs per $100,000 of grant funds
spent and $19.78 for every dollar. 
More on Brownfields Grants.?? 
More on EPA’s Brownfields Program.? 
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