"Transforming BROWN to GREEN"
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Background
A brownfield is a property for which the expansion, redevelopment or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant. There are estimated to be more than 450,000 brownfields in the U.S. As of May 2019, under the EPA Brownfields Program 30,153 properties have been assessed, and 86,131 acres of idle land have been made ready for productive use. In addition, communities have been able to use Brownfields grants to leverage 150,120 jobs and more than $28 billion of public and private funding. In 2018 Congress reauthorized the statutory authority for the Brownfields Program. The reauthorization included changes to the program to expand the list of entities eligible for Brownfields grants, increase the limit of individual Brownfields cleanup grants to $500,000, and add grant authority for Multipurpose grants. These important changes will help communities address and cleanup more complex brownfield sites. |
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Brownfields Training Modules
Brownfields Application Forms
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Brownfield Grant Award
In June of 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the New Mexico Environment Department and its coalition partners, the Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments, and the Southwest New Mexico Council of Governments and the city of Silver City were among 149 recipients of EPA Brownfields funding. The funding, which was allocated through the Multipurpose Assessment and Cleanup (MAC) grant programs, will “aid under-served and economically disadvantaged communities in opportunity zones and other parts of the county in assessing and cleaning up abandoned industrial and commercial properties”. The coalition will deploy $500,000 for assessments on sites that are potentially or are known to have contamination from mining and other industrial activities. These grants will “provide communities across the country with an opportunity to transform contaminated sites into community assets that attract jobs and achieve broader economic development outcomes while taking advantage of existing infrastructure. For example, Brownfield grants have been shown to:
Please consult with the Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments prior to filling out property approval form. NWNM Contact: Evan Williams, Executive Director Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments 106 West Aztec Avenue Gallup, NM 87301 (505) 722-4327 ewilliams@nwnmcog.org | ||||||||||||
Spotlight: Brownfield Initiatives
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