EPA Region 7 to Host Five Free Brownfields Grant Writing Workshops for Communities Interested in 2012 Competition (IA, KS, MO, NE)
Environmental News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Kansas City, Kan., Aug. 19, 2011) - Over the
next three weeks, EPA Region 7 will present a series of free grant
writing workshops designed for communities interested in applying
for EPA Brownfields funding later this fall.
The Agency is working with the states of Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, and the Kansas State University
Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program, to present the
five workshops, including two in Nebraska, and one each in Iowa,
Kansas and Missouri.
The workshops will explain EPA Brownfields
funding available during Fiscal Year 2012 to assess and clean up
abandoned properties. Sessions will also discuss who may apply for
the funding, how the grant application process works, and tips for
writing good grant applications.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Individuals from local, state, and tribal governments,
non-profits, coalitions; land clearance authorities; and
quasi-governmental entities interested in brownfields assessment,
cleanup or revolving loan fund grants.
WHEN AND WHERE:
Thursday, Aug. 25, Missouri Department of
Natural Resources, 1730 E. Elm, First Floor, Bennett Springs Room,
Jefferson City, Mo., 65101, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 30, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 7 Office, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas
City, Kan., 66101, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 31, Nebraska Department of
Environmental Quality Field Office, 8901 S. 154th Street, Suite 5,
Omaha, Neb., 68138, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 1, F. Johnson Building, 701
4th Avenue, Holdrege, Neb., 68949, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00
p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 8, Marriott Hotel and Conference
Center, 300 E. 9th
Street, Coralville, Iowa, 52241, 9:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m.
TO REGISTER: Contact Sabine Martin, Kansas State University TAB
representative, 785-532-6474, or
[email protected].
Brownfields are properties where expansion,
redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or
potential presence of hazardous substances, pollutants,
contaminants, controlled substances, petroleum or petroleum
products or mine-scarred lands.
Learn more about the Region 7 Brownfields Program
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