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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.99M going to District of Columbia
Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleaning up Polluted Brownfield Sites
Largest investment ever in brownfields communities
PHILADELPHIA (May 25, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announced $1,996,589 going to the District of Columbia from
President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and
cleanup of brownfield sites in the District while advancing environmental
justice.
The District will use its Community-wide Assessment Grant funds to conduct 15
Phase 2 environmental site assessments.  Grant funds also will be used to
conduct cleanup planning activities.  The target areas for this grant are the
District of Columbia Wards 5,7, and 8.  Priority sites include 15 former
dry-cleaning facilities. 
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 District of
Columbia to bring focused attention to cleaning up contaminated properties to
help revitalize communities across the city,” said Regional Administrator
Adam Ortiz.  “Returning these under-used properties as community assets can
bring environmental, public health, and economic benefits to people who have
been overburdened by pollution.”
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.
You can read more about this year’s Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan
Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) Grant Programs selectees:  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
Grants: http://url6130.epa.mediaroom.com/ls/click?upn=-2BroytcZInNRyuFbAvAoN5bH9-2BStNqkkSRiI8Hlt8a9HwGcmMLUl8-2F0qNy7axy9UD0G1l4hTxhY-2FYJp00NPDyxF7psvRMB5A3NKCtXF7HWvk-3DyoPE_mLoYh0p4AWg4foFr5HgrZ1QioQ33bLwdnQ-2BsYGKFX9mApcfdQmv0-2Bvkdf9kq-2BlYjxWfMmYzRtZIuh0oDy2mSlmYRwhfoIn29a3vHjlFmXH2X3ZAKl0KVYWqhlSsD3GZ6LQGZ4PpzTpsgQx-2BPImvBzSW69VpsgR70WfR3j0-2BBxSjH26uF1IuL7aDjgphVoorKyxrXUNaHowQSxj8joiXqzKVIPeC0TQxwT9Fw69PLVq6XJ4D9LZ3V-2FaRnNFQD31KC88wCy0jYf-2Bwg11ZobpXv4A-3D-3D
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