U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.
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April 21, 2010 Posted by EPA
ATLANTA, KY – April 21, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding two communities in Kentucky with $1.2 million in brownfields grants to help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem properties to productive community use. Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. The communities in Kentucky receiving brownfields assessment grants include
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April 21, 2010 Posted by EPA
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April 21, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $2.6 million in brownfields grants to communities Northern California. Sacramento, Placer County, Nevada City, the Northcoast Environmental Center, Oroville Redevelopment Agency, the Esparto Unified School District and the Rancho Cordova Community Redevelopment Agency are all receiving funding through the Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants program.
Read the full article: U.S. EPA Provides $2.6 Million to Clean Up and Revitalize Contaminated Properties in Northern California ...
April 21, 2010 Posted by EPA
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April 21, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $1,542,085 million in brownfields grants to the Southern California communities of Brea, LA County, Rialto and San Diego, all receiving funding through the Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants program.
Read the full article: U.S. EPA Provides $1.5 Million to Clean Up and Revitalize Contaminated Properties in Southern California ...
April 21, 2010 Posted by EPA
Denver, CO – April 21, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe $400,000 for projects to revitalize two historic properties in Fort Yates.
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November 30, 2009 Posted by EPA
Boston, MA – November 30, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — The owner of a 25-unit apartment building in Springfield, Mass. has agreed to pay a fine of $10,000 to settle an EPA enforcement action alleging violations of federal lead-based paint disclosure requirements.
Read the full article: Apartment Complex Owner Pays Fine for Failing to Warn Tenants about Lead Paint in Springfield, Mass. ...
October 23, 2009 Posted by EPA
PHILADELPHIA – October 23, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited a Millersville, Md. couple and a Millsboro, Del. real estate developer for unlawfully filling protected wetlands, a violation of the Clean Water Act
October 23, 2009 Posted by EPA
PHILADELPHIA – October 23, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited a Millersville, Md. couple and a Millsboro, Del. real estate developer for unlawfully filling protected wetlands, a violation of the Clean Water Act
October 13, 2009 Posted by EPA
San Francisco, CA – October 13, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently honored innovative green building design ideas that reduce the environmental and energy impacts of buildings. These concepts aim to help architects and builders reduce more than 88 million tons of building-related construction and demolition debris sent to U.S. landfills each year and the climate impacts of buildings and building materials
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