EPA doles out $3.8M for brownfield remediation

The federal government has awarded a total of $3.8 million to eight Maine organizations and municipalities for the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in the state.
The grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will help revamp the sites for future economic investments and environmental benefit, according to a press release from U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. A brownfield is a property that contains a hazardous subs ...