Maine
Brownfield cleanup projects coming to Maine communities
GARDINER, Maine (AP) — Communities in Maine are going to make use of greater than $24 million in federal cash to assist clear up contaminated former industrial websites across the state.
The cash is from the U.S. Environmental Safety Company. It’ll pay for assessments and website cleanups in communities together with Gardiner, Millinocket and Bathtub.
The funding is a part of a longstanding effort by the EPA to remediate brownfields, that are areas the place redevelopment is made difficult by contaminants and blight.
A few of the cash will assist assess and clear up the previous Nice Northern Paper Firm website in Millinocket, the Kennebec Journal reported. Different communities set to profit from the funding embrace Grey, Rockland and Waterville, the Journal reported.