INDIANAPOL — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced over $5 million for eight grants in competitive EPA Brownfields funding through the Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) Grant programs. Thanks to the historic boost from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this is the largest ever funding awarded in the history of the EPA’s Brownfields MARC Grant programs.
EPA has selected the City of Indianapolis for a $975,000 grant funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clean up the former Advance Plating site located at 1005 East Sumner Ave. The site is currently abandoned and contaminated with chlorinated volatile organic compounds, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, cyanide, and metals. Grant funds will also support community outreach activities.
EPA has also selected the City of Lawrence for a $400,000 community-wide grant to conduct 11 Phase I and eight to ten Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to prepare five to 10 cleanup plans and for community engagement activities including public meetings. The city will target the Lawrence Trades District. Priority sites in underserved communities include a former steel fabricator, vacant buildings formerly occupied by a technology company and an electrical contractor, a vacant paved lot with a history of light industrial use, and a vacant former industrial warehouse. The Lawrence Trades District is located around Pendelton Pike and I-465.