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Subcommittee OKs request to apply for $1 million EPA Brownfields cleanup grant
Summary
The Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee granted Oregon Business Development Department permission to apply for a $1 million EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund grant; committee members and fiscal staff said no matching funds or new positions would be required if awarded.
The Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee voted to approve a request to apply for an EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund grant that would add $1 million to Business Oregon’s Brownfields cleanup fund.
The permission-to-apply request was presented by Jerry Sortie, Brownfields program policy coordinator for Business Oregon, who told the subcommittee the state uses the fund to clean hazardous and petroleum releases on properties prior to redevelopment. "These funds, if we were to receive the grant, would go to our Brownfields cleanup…
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