[CPEO-BIF] Connecticut "Gov. Malloy Announces New Program to Spur Brownfield Redevelopment Planning"

[Lenny Siegel]

News Release
Office of Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy
September 16, 2015

Gov. Malloy Announces New Program to Spur Brownfield Redevelopment Planning

(HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is now accepting applications for a new grant program designed to help communities develop implementation plans for remediating and redeveloping clusters of brownfield sites.

The Brownfield Area-Wide Revitalization (BAR) Planning Grant Program is a two-year, $1 million pilot program that was created by a unanimous vote in both chambers of the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Malloy this summer. It is modeled after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Area-Wide Planning Grant program.

Under Governor Malloy over just the past several years, there has been more than $130 million of state investment towards brownfield remediation, up from less than $10 million under the previous administration.  For context, since 1995, the Federal Environmental protection agency has invested $190 million across the entire country.  Connecticut currently has more than 100 projects in all corners of the state.

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For the entire release, see
http://portal.ct.gov/Departments_and_Agencies/Office_of_the_Governor/Press_Room/Press_Releases/2015/09-2015/Gov__Malloy_Announces_New_Program_to_Spur_Brownfield_Redevelopment_Planning/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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