Le Mars to receive $400K for site cleanup
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — The city of Le Mars, Iowa, is getting $400,000 in federal funding for environmental site assessments of contaminated sites.
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley's office says the money comes from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, through its Brownfields Assessment Grant Program.
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The funds will be used for 18 Phase I & 7 Phase II assessments. The funds will also be used to develop three cleanup plans for the Business 75 Corridor and to support community engagement activities.
Those plans include a former Walmart location, a former meat-packing plant, a vacant landscaping company, and an unused hotel.
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