The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $30,000 to the Vieques Historical and Conservation Trust to fund surveys of old and decaying septic systems in five neighborhoods in the island municipality.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to address contaminated soil at the Scorpio Recycling Superfund site in Toa Baja, and will begin clean up efforts that will cost an estimated $3 million, the agency announced Tuesday.
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.