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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.79M going to Maryland Through
Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted
Brownfield Sites
Largest investment ever in brownfields communities
PHILADELPHIA (May 25, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announced $1,791,543 going to Maryland from President Biden’s
Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of
brownfield sites in Maryland while advancing environmental justice.
EPA selected one community in Maryland to receive one grant totaling more than
$1.7 million in competitive EPA Brownfields funding through the Multipurpose,
Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) Grant programs. Thanks to
the historic boost from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this is the largest
ever funding awarded in the history of the EPA’s Brownfields MARC Grant
programs.
These investments are  part of President Biden’s Investing in America
Agenda to grow the American economy from the bottom up and middle-out – from
rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure, to driving over $470 billion in
private sector manufacturing and clean energy investments in the United
States, to creating a manufacturing and innovation boom powered by good paying
jobs that don’t require a four-year degree, to building a clean-energy
economy that will combat climate change and make our communities more
resilient.
“We’re working across the country to revitalize what were once dangerous
and polluted sites in overburdened communities into more sustainable and
environmentally just places that serve as community assets. Thanks to
President Biden’s historic investments in America, we’re moving further
and faster than ever before to clean up contaminated sites, spur economic
redevelopment, and deliver relief that so many communities have been waiting
for,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “This critical wave of
investments is the largest in Brownfields history and will accelerate our work
to protect the people and the planet by transforming what was once blight into
might.”
“This unprecedented Brownfields investment will allow the City of Salisbury
to clean up two properties that have been contaminated and under-used for many
years and return them as assets to benefit the community and local economy,”
said EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz.  “Cleaning and redeveloping
these properties will be a big boost to this growing and thriving city.”  
“For years, the toxic chemicals left behind on the former SALKAP property
have posed risks to the health of the Wicomico River and the residents of
Salisbury. I fought to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to
help make investments in cleanup projects to better protect our communities,
our environment and to address this kind of legacy pollution. With this
federal funding, Salisbury can take a big step forward in realizing its
vision for a safe, vibrant riverfront green space that residents and visitors
alike can enjoy without fear of health risks,” said Senator Chris Van
Hollen (D – MD).
“Thanks to the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, we are
making historic federal investments across Maryland. This grant is a
significant opportunity for the City of Salisbury and for Maryland’s coastal
economy. The more than $1.7 million dedicated to cleaning up toxic chemicals
from the Lake Street Oil Tank Farm will transform underutilized land into
valuable space in communities that need it most,” said Senator Ben Cardin (D
– MD). “At every level of government, we’re continuing to work together
and use every available resource to make Maryland cleaner, more sustainable
and more resilient.”
Many communities that are under economic stress, particularly those located in
areas that have experienced long periods of disinvestment, lack the resources
needed to initiate brownfield cleanup and redevelopment projects. As
brownfield sites are transformed into community assets, they attract jobs,
promote economic revitalization and transform communities into sustainable and
environmentally just places.
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 before 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 percent of the overall benefits of certain federal
investments to disadvantaged communities. The Brownfields Program strives to
meet this commitment and advance environmental justice and equity
considerations into all aspects of its work. Approximately 84 percent of the
MARC program applications selected to receive funding proposed to work in
areas that include historically underserved communities.
The City of Salisbury has been selected to receive $1,791,543 for a
Brownfields Cleanup Grant and will use the funds to clean up two parcels known
as the SALKAP Lake Street Oil Tank Farm at 317 and 325 Lake Street. The
parcels were formerly utilized as a fuel tank farm with aboveground storage
tanks and a waste oil processing facility until they became inactive in 1992.
The site is contaminated with benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes
(BTEX) and semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in groundwater, and volatile
organic compounds, SVOCs, pesticides, petroleum, and metals in soil.
You can read more about this year’s MARC selectees.
Brownfields Technical Assistance Providers and Research Grants
EPA is also announcing funding selection for two Brownfields technical
assistance opportunities. The Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB)
selectees provide specialized technical knowledge, research, and training to
help stakeholders understand brownfields-related subject matter, and guide
them through the brownfield assessment, clean-up, and revitalization process.
This assistance is a key part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s
commitment to advance economic opportunities and address environmental justice
issues in underserved communities. This technical assistance is available to
all stakeholders and comes at no cost to communities. The two funding
opportunities announced today include the following:
EPA selected West Virginia University Research Corporation to receive $5
million to
provide training and technical assistance to communities across the state
under the Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Communities Program. This
funding comes entirely from the historic $1.5 billion investment from
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
EPA is also expanding the scope of its technical assistance offerings under
the Brownfields and Land Revitalization Program to include three new
subject-specific grants totaling $2 million in three areas, including
providing technical assistance to nonprofits seeking to reuse brownfields;
provide research, outreach, and guidance on minimizing displacement resulting
from brownfields redevelopment; and providing outreach and guidance on land
banking tactics for brownfields revitalization.
For more information about Brownfields Technical Assistance and Research,
please visit 
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Additional Background:
EPA has selected these organizations to receive funding to address and support
the reuse of brownfield sites. EPA anticipates making all the awards announced
today once all legal and administrative requirements are satisfied.
For more on Brownfields
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