$500K grant to address Mercer County hazardous properties
(WKBN) — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last week that a Mercer County community development group has been awarded a large grant to address hazardous properties.
Penn-Northwest Development Corporation received a $500,000 EPA Brownfields Grant. A brownfield is a property, the expansion, redevelopment or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. According to the EPA, there are more than 450,000 brownfields in the U.S.
'This is huge,' said Rod Wilt, co-executive director of Penn-Northwest, in a news release. 'We will use these funds to assist the business community over the coming fiscal year.'
Penn-Northwest has used previous Brownfields grants to conduct Phase 1 and Phase 2 assessments and cleanup.
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