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Committee approves agency request to apply for $1 million EPA brownfields loan fund grant
Summary
The committee approved the Oregon Business Development Department’s request to submit a $1,000,000 application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund opportunity; no match is required and the subcommittee recommended approval to the floor.
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means on April 3 approved a Transportation Economic Development Subcommittee recommendation that the Oregon Business Development Department submit a federal grant application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund opportunity.
Representative Ben Gomberg, reporting for the subcommittee, said the department proposes to apply for a $1,000,000 EPA grant. Gomberg told the committee the grant would “supplement the current Brownfields Cleanup Fund program, providing loans and grants for cleanup on publicly or privately owned sites.” He added no additional staff would be needed to administer the funds and that no matching funds are required. The application deadline noted in the record was March 26, 2025.
The Transportation Economic Development Subcommittee recommended approval of the submission; the full committee raised no objections and the request was passed for consideration on the House floor. The committee did not record a roll‑call vote in the transcript.
