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Route 66 Brownfields grant aims to speed property cleanups in northern Arizona; county will use EPA funds to remediate historic jail parcel
Summary
A NACOG‑led EPA brownfields coalition has $1.5 million to assess and help redevelop underused or contaminated properties across northern Arizona; Coconino County will use a $573,000 EPA brownfields award to fund environmental cleanup work and site reuse planning for the old county jail parcel on Route 66.
The Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG) is administering a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency brownfields assessment grant covering large parts of northern Arizona; the grant program and a county‑funded brownfield remediation project at the historic jail site on Route 66 were discussed at the Coconino County Board of Supervisors’ Oct. 1 meeting.
Grant overview and eligibility Dave Laney, a consultant working with the Route 66 Brownfield Coalition, described the BAC (brownfields assessment) grant: the coalition secured $1.5 million from EPA in 2024 to fund environmental site assessments, hazardous‑building‑materials surveys and site reuse planning across the NACOG region. The award is a four‑year, 100% federal grant. Laney said the grant covers public‑ and privately‑owned properties that could benefit from voluntary assessment; the program is not an enforcement action.
How the program helps property owners Laney explained the most common…
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