The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced grants to 144 communities nationwide, including five in Florida, at a news conference in Atlanta on Wednesday, April 25. The projects being financed are part of the Brownfields Redevelopment Program, which will give these cities and regional agencies money to conduct environmental assessments and cleanups in locally designated areas.
A $300,000 allocation will be spent for several hazardous substance and petroleum cleanup projects in Pahokee, and another $600,000 funneled through the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council will finance similar projects in Clewiston, Immokalee and Moore Haven.