Chicago, IL - Marquette County is one of seven Michigan communities set to receive U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields grants. The county will us its $400,000 grant to conduct 18 Phase I and 11 Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to develop three cleanup plans and support community engagement activities. The target area for this grant includes the City of Ishpeming and the Town of Sawyer.
The State of Michigan will receive $6-point-7 million in total Brownfield grant monies from the EPA. The EPA’s Brownfields Program has provided nearly $2.9 billion in Brownfield Grants since 1995 to help communities assess and clean up contaminated properties and return blighted properties to productive reuse.
