NEWS CENTER MAINE • May 30, 2024
Leaders with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gathered in Portland Wednesday to discuss Brownfield Grants and industrial clean-up in the state. This follows an announcement earlier this month that communities across Maine would receive $33 million in these EPA Brownfield Grant funds, which are used to clean up and assess land that has been contaminated by pollutants and other hazardous materials. Backers of the effort at the EPA see the grants as a vehicle to both eliminate environmental damage in an area and free up space to launch economic development projects. The latest batch of funding will go towards nine grants in eight Maine communities as well as four existing grants (to expedite work at the sites).