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Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $14M going to Pennsylvania
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 $14,232,308 going to Pennsylvania from President
Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup
of brownfield sites in Pennsylvania while advancing environmental justice.
EPA selected 18 communities in Pennsylvania to receive grants totaling more
than $13.5 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 funding will make a big difference in communities where
assessing and cleaning up idle properties can spur growth and create
economically-thriving places,” said EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz. 
“I’ve visited communities across Pennsylvania where past brownfields
funding has helped revitalize neighborhoods, some with new, affordable
housing, new jobs and businesses, and greener, healthier spaces.”
“Thanks to the infrastructure law, Pennsylvania can not only clean up
contaminated brownfield sites but reinvigorate communities that have suffered
from job loss, environmental degradation, and health problems,” said Senator
Bob Casey (D – PA). “From Darlington to Nanticoke to Philadelphia, this
funding will support community revitalization which will create safer
environments for children and families and opportunities for new businesses
and investment.”   
“This funding coming in large part from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
will help clean up toxic waste and spills in nineteen different sites all
across our Commonwealth,” said Senator John Fetterman (D – PA). “We’ve
got to do everything we can to make sure our communities everywhere, no matter
how rural, urban, or suburban, have clean air and water. This critical
investment will help get us there.”
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.
In Pennsylvania, 18 organizations have been selected to receive EPA
Brownfields funding through the Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund,
and Cleanup (MARC) Grant Programs. These two are among the 18 selected for
MARC grants:
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has been selected to
receive a $2 million grant to conduct 21 Phase I and 10 Phase II environmental
site assessments. Grant funds will also be used to prepare five cleanup plans
and to conduct community engagement activities including holding 20 community
meetings. The target areas for this grant are communities impacted by
coal-fired plants, communities within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and other
small and rural communities throughout the state. Priority sites include a
former coal-powered power plant, a former rail line and station, the
Harrisburg International Airport, a mixed-use creek-side property, and a
former paper mill.
Earth Conservancy has been selected to receive over $1.9 million. Grant funds
will be used to clean up the Nanticoke Creek watershed in Hanover Township.
The cleanup site is on mine-scarred land with adjacent properties,
particularly those upstream, that contain sulfide minerals. These minerals
produce acid mine drainage that flows into the watershed, rendering
groundwater impotable and impairing, if not destroying, terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems. Grant funds also will be used to conduct community
outreach activities.
You can read more about this year’s MARC Grant selectees in Pennsylvania and
other states and Tribes MARC selectees.
EPA also selected the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to
receive $600,000 in  non-competitive supplemental funding for its existing
Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant program.  PAID’s RLF grant program has
successfully made loans or subgrants leading to four cleanup projects that
have been completed. Potential projects highlighted for use of the BIL funding
include Frankford Transportation Center, ACANA Africa Center, and Sharktown.
The BIL funding will extend the capacity of the program to provide funding for
more cleanups in the most underserved areas in the City of Philadelphia.
Read more about this year’s RLF recipients.
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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