Some former industrial and commercial contaminated sites that could pose risks to the public’s health and safety have languished in the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP), according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit examined the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) management of the program and found it must be strengthened to ensure private parties follow through on the timely remediation of their contaminated sites.

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The construction of a Transit-Oriented Development project on New Park Avenue and assessment of expansion space for Park Road businesses have both received significant support from the state following the announcement by Gov. Ned Lamont on June 12 that West Hartford was awarded two grants through the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Brownfield Remediation and Development Program.

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Real Estate Collaborative, LLC, has acquired Carlisle’s historic Frog Switch & Manufacturing site with $10.2M in state funds to transform the industrial property into an engine of local redevelopment. 

Ownership of the 27-acre former Frog, Switch, & Manufacturing (Frog Switch) industrial complex was transferred recently to Real Estate Collaborative (REC). The transaction comes just weeks after REC received a $10.2 million award to transform the site, the second largest award in the commonwealth. 

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A long-awaited environmental restoration study for the Harlem River is officially moving forward, following the Friday announcement of a $1 million funding agreement between the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and federal partners.

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The former Great Northern Paper Co. mill site in Millinocket is one of a number of contaminated areas across Maine to receive brownfields cleanup grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

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Armed with $8 million in aid from Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration, town leaders are looking to the day when earthmovers and dump trucks will begin clearing the wreckage of a burned, abandoned mill that’s been stood as a derelict eyesore for two generations.

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The Redevelopment Authority of the County of Delaware has been awarded $500,000 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2025 Brownfields Community-wide Assessment Grant program.

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There's no shortage of gas stations in East Hartford, so the town is temporarily capping the number at 18.

That's so they can look at the environmental impacts they have on the area and development.

“If you turn any corner there's a gas station,” said Gregory Williams, of East Hartford.

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Phillipsburg officials are considering hiring a firm for an environmental study of a former roadside dump, now a riverside park, to address growing health and safety concerns.

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfield program provides grants to help communities clean up contaminated properties and give them new life.

The EPA on Friday announced $8 million in grants to communities across Vermont, split among eight organizations. The grants include money for brownfields assessment, revolving loan funds and cleanup.

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