(WTAQ-WLUK) — Federal grants are helping clean up polluted sites across Wisconsin, including some in Northeast Wisconsin.
The EPA announced $12.9 million in Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup (MAC) grants to assess, cleanup and redevelop blighted properties in Wisconsin.
The grant recipients are:
- Brillion was selected for a $1 million Brownfields Multipurpose Grant to: conduct two Phase I and two Phase II environmental site assessments, clean up three priority sites, develop three cleanup plans, and support community engagement activities.
- Calumet County was selected to lead a $1.5 million Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant to conduct 17 Phase I and 17 Phase II environmental site assessments, inventory and prioritize sites, develop six cleanup plans, and support community engagement activities. Partner organizations include Outagamie County and Fox Cities Greenways Inc.
- Green Bay was selected for a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to: conduct nine Phase I and six Phase II environmental site assessments, create an updated site inventory, and prepare one revitalization plan, and one community involvement plan.
- Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin was selected for a $2 million Community-wide Assessment Grant for States and Tribes to: conduct 18 Phase I and 14 Phase II environmental site assessments, develop 10 cleanup plans and eight site reuse plans, and support community engagement activities.
- Price County United Limited was selected for a $1 million Brownfields Multipurpose Grant to conduct up to five Phase I and two Phase II environmental site assessments and one site cleanup, develop a resource roadmap and infrastructure study, and support community engagement activities.
- Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee was selected for a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to: conduct 20 Phase I and 10 Phase II environmental site assessments, develop four cleanup plans, and support community engagement activities.
- Redevelopment Authority of the City of Stevens Point was selected for a $3,964,223 Brownfields Cleanup Grant to clean up the Former Shopko Redevelopment Site at 1200 Main St. and support community engagement activities.
- Stevens Point was selected for a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to conduct eight Phase I and six Phase II environmental site assessments, develop three cleanup plans and one revitalization plan and support community engagement activities.
- Sturgeon Bay was selected for a $500,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to: conduct eight Phase I and six Phase II environmental site assessments, develop four cleanup plans, and support community engagement activities.
- Washington County was selected to lead a $1.5 million Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant to conduct 30 Phase I and 31 Phase II environmental site assessments, update and prioritize a brownfields site inventory, develop five reuse plans and 10 cleanup plans, and support community engagement activities. Partner organizations include the cities of West Bend and Hartford and the village of Kewaskum.
- Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) was selected to receive $500,000, which is in addition to the $17.3 million EPA has already awarded.
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