The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the town of Toa Alta was selected to receive $300,000 to assess and clean up contaminated properties under the agency’s Brownfields Program. The Municipality of Toa Alta will use the grant to target the 35-acre former Industrial Zone, including four vacant and hurricane-damaged former industrial sites and a […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency selected 149 communities across the country including the Municipality of Naranjito to receive funding for brownfield site revitalization to help local governments redevelop vacant and unused properties, transforming communities and local economies. The mountain town will receive a $300,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to assess sites for hazardous substances and petroleum […]
EPA’s Brownfields Program was created in 1995 and it assists states, municipalities, communities, and other stakeholders (including nonprofit and private sector) to asses and redevelop abandoned or contaminated properties and redevelop them in a sustainable way.