The Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission is set to be the recipient of a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), reports the Mountain Times.
The grant will go towards the assessment and clean-up of contaminated properties under the EPA’s brownfield program. The funds are meant to aid under-served and economically disadvantaged communities to help the clean-up of abandoned industrial and commercial properties. The grant going to Vermont totals $800,000, with $500,000 going towards the community of Bethel.
The remaining $300,000 (called an Assessment Grant) will go to the communities of Springfield and Windsor in order to conduct environmental assessments, develop clean-up plans, support refuse spending, and community outreach activities at various sites.
For more information on this grant, visit epa.gov.
WNTK Local News 