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MassDEP details Brownfields grants, ARLF award and community outreach

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection · November 21, 2024
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Brownfields coordinator Dave Foss said MassDEP is using new EPA 128(a) supplemental funding and Infrastructure Law dollars to move stagnant municipal sites toward assessment and cleanup, highlighted a $2 million ARLF award and plans for regional roundtables and contractor-supported assessment services.

Dave Foss, the statewide Brownfields coordinator at MassDEP, described how recent federal funding is being used to accelerate Brownfields assessment and cleanup in communities across the Commonwealth.

Foss said the agency receives an annual 128(a) appropriation of roughly $1,000,000 for waste-site cleanup activities and that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is providing an additional roughly $800,000 per year for five years to support site-specific assessment…

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