This round of Colorado grants is part of a nationwide $267 million EPA investment, the largest to date. Here’s how it breaks down:
- $121.8 million for site assessments and outreach
- $88.2 million for direct cleanup
- $15 million for revolving loan funds
- $42 million in supplemental funding for high-performing grantees
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin emphasized the importance of turning contaminated spaces into “thriving community assets”—and the numbers back it up: since 1995, the program has leveraged $42 billion in redevelopment and helped create over 220,000 jobs. Since 1995 the Brownfields Program specifcially has distributed nearly $2.9 billion in grants to assess and clean up contaminated sites. Overall the EPA grants nearly $4billion dollars per year.