The United States Environmental Protection Agency has granted Rochester, Rome and Niagara County a total of $1.2 million in funding for brownfield remediation and reuse. The funding comes from the EPA's Brownfields Program which aims to redevelop an estimated 450,000 waste sites throughout the state.Rochester has received a total of $600,000 to clean four ex-industrial sites as well as assess the pollutant content of other contaminated sites throughout the city.
Rome has received $200,000 to clean/convert the former Nolan Manufacturing Building, which is heavily contaminated by hazardous polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The city of Rome plans on using the property as either a manufacturing site for clean technology/arts or as a commercial-residential live-work space.
Niagara County has received $400,000 to assess the county's 355 brownfield sites.
For more information visit http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/.
