Maine gets $2.3M to redevelop industrial sites
Six Maine communities and groups are receiving $2.3 million in federal grants to assess, clean up and redevelop contaminated properties.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday six recipients in Maine will receive funding as part of its brownfields program. To date, EPA said, the agency’s funding through the brownfields program has helped New England communities leverage more than $2.5 million in public and private cleanup and redevelopment investment.
The following Maine groups and communities are recipients:
• The Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments, which is receiving $400,000 for community-wide assessment grants.
• The town of Berwick, which is receiving $600,000 for the cleanup of the former Prime Tanning facility at 20 Sullivan St.
• The town of Lubec, which is receiving $400,000 for the cleanup of the former Columbian Factory site at 135 Main St.
• The Penobscot Indian Nation, which is receiving $200,000 for a community-wide assessment grant.
• The Portland Harbor Commission, which is receiving $350,000 for an assessment of Portland Harbor.
• The city of Rockland, which is receiving $400,000 for community-wide assessment grants.
“EPA’s Brownfields program is a proven asset helping local communities to get abandoned or derelict properties assessed, cleaned up and returned to productive use,” Curt Spalding, regional administrator of EPA’s New England office, said in a prepared statement. “This is just one way EPA works to make a difference in communities all across New England.”
“Our Brownfield investments typically leverage an average of approximately $17 for every dollar we spend,” he continued. “This is a wise investment in cleaning and revitalizing contaminated sites, creating jobs and new economic opportunities, and overall making our communities stronger and our environment cleaner.”
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