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1:   (FUNDING) Maine Agencies Set Deadlines for Brownfields Revolving Loan Funds Eligibility Applications : Maine state agencies set October and February deadlines to apply for eligibility in the opening round of the Brownfields Revolving Loan Funds (BRLF). The $1 million BRLF is offered by the state Department of Economic & Community Development (DEC... 08/12/2010 9:14 PM

2:   (STATES) MI Bills Would Use Water Revolving Fund to Aid Brownfields, Sewer Projects : The Michigan Senate considers legislation to shift money from a 2002 state sewer bond effort to help communities cover costs for wastewater loan projects, brownfields and to make recommendations to reform the state's Clean Water Revolving Fund. SB 1... 08/10/2010 4:20 PM

3:   (USCM) Brownfields Survey Shows Thousands of Sites Remain Mothballed : A U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) survey of 136 cities shows more than 3,000 sites are being mothballed by owners reluctant to deal with environmental concerns. The USCM survey, released during the group's annual conference June 12 in Oklahoma Cit... 06/18/2010 12:03 PM

4:   (EPA) Local Grantees Get Share of $80 million in EPA Brownfields Cleanup Money : More than 300 grantees nationwide can embark on environmental assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites, as well as creating revolving loans for cleanup after receiving shares of nearly $80 million in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding. ... 04/21/2010 12:17 PM

5:   (SENATE) Brownfields Earmarks Survive McCain Effort at Elimination : Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) failed Sept. 17 in his attempt to amend the HUD budget bill to kill funding for three brownfields cleanup and development efforts in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Waterbury, CT in the 2010 budget. McCain's amendment fell by a vo... 09/17/2009 4:50 PM

6:   (ARRA) EPA Sends Environmental Job Training Grants to Aid in Brownfields Cleanup : The Environmental Protection Agency sends almost $7 million to 14 governments and nonprofits in eight states for environmental job training to help clean up former industrial sites and turn them into revitalized properties. The EPA received the fund... 08/07/2009 09:52 AM

7:   (ARRA) EPA Issues $55 million in Supplemental, Stimulus Brownfields Grants : The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues $55 million in brownfields grants, including $42 million in stimulus funding that they will use to redevelop dozens of former industrial sites. The funding is typically placed in revolving fund accoun... 08/06/2009 4:07 PM

8:   BEDI Offered for Elimination by Obama; Program Seen as Duplicative : The Obama administration offers up the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) as the lone HUD item for removal in $17 billion of federal budget cuts presented on the day the White House issues its $3.4 trillion budget proposal. But HUD S... 05/07/2009 5:09 PM

9:   (BROWNFIELDS) HUD Offers $20 Million for Brownfields Economic Development : Agency: Housing & Urban Development Dept. (HUD); Program: Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) (CFDA Number: 14.246) (Funding Opportunity Number: FR-5300-N-04); Eligibility: Local governments and public entities; Funding: $20 millio... 05/01/2009 11:47 AM

10:   EPA Spending Millions on Brownfields, Water Treatment : The Denver-based branch of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveils preliminary plans for spending about $100 million in stimulus funds targeted for environmental purposes. 04/09/2009 3:14 PM

11:   Brownfields Grant Applications Due Nov. 14 : The Environmental Protection Agency plans to award 11 applicants with a total of $16.8 million in brownfields grants, and the deadline arrives about two weeks away. EPA is required under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitaliza... 10/31/2008 2:39 PM

12:   Ten Projects Share $1.5 Million for Brownfields Projects : Ten training, research and technical assistance projects will split $1.5 million in Environmental Protection Agency money for brownfields projects. 09/30/2008 8:49 PM

13:   16 More Share Thousands of EPA Brownfields Money : More than a dozen projects will benefit from the continuation an Environmental Protection Agency pilots program promoting brownfields conversion. 08/31/2008 7:43 PM

14:   EPA Offers $81.3 Million in Three Brownfields Grants : More than 300 Brownfields grants for assessment, revolving loan funds and cleanup totaling $81.3 million are available through the Environmental Protection Agency. The application deadline for the three grant programs is Nov. 14. The assessments gra... 08/29/2008 4:21 PM

15:   Top U.S. Brownfields Investor Seeks Federal, Local Incentives : The head of the nation's largest brownfields investor urges a House panel to expand efforts in financing projects through incentives at federal, state and local levels. Jonathan Philips, writing to the House Financial Services' housing subcommittee,... 07/16/2008 4:42 PM

16:   States, Cities Cash in on EPA Brownfields Program in June : Several community development projects throughout Rocky Mountain and New England states will share nearly millions-of-dollars through the latest efforts of an Environmental Protection Agency program. 06/30/2008 6:35 PM

17:   Oberstar Leading Charge to Reauthorize EPA Brownfields Program : The chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee is again trying to reauthorize the Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields program, only this time with a 75% funding increase behind it.Committee Chairman James Oberstar (... 02/19/2008 3:01 PM

18:   City to Continue Focus on Brownfields, Blighted Areas : Connecticut: Norwich Mayor Benjamin P. Lathrop says his city will continue to emphasize future community development for the brownfields, abandoned mills and blighted areas of the city.Norwich, a community of 36,000 in central Connecticut that owns i... 01/08/2008 3:34 PM

19:   Michigan Provides Brownfields Tax Credits for Seven Sites : Brownfields redevelopment is coming to seven sites in inner-city Detroit and to another in Dearborn thanks to millions of dollars in tax credits approved by the state this week. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) says that the investments will creat... 12/28/2007 4:16 PM

20:   NH DES Accepting Brownfields Cleanup Applications : New Hampshire: Dept. of Environmental Services officials in the Granite State are accepting applications for petroleum and hazardous waste brownfield cleanup projects it will award in 2008.The DES is accepting Brownfields Cleanup Grant applications t... 12/28/2007 3:52 PM

21:   Shays Effort to Add to HUD Brownfields Money Shut Down : Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) offered $1 million extra to HUD's brownfields program, which may have seemed odd given the multiple attempts by fellow Republicans to cut funding and criticize spending in the HUD appropriations bill sent ... 07/26/2007 1:31 PM

 

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