U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations

Contact Information: Shannan Beisser, 816-520-1949, beisser.shannan@epa.gov

LENEXA, KAN. (MAY 19, 2022) – The Biden administration, through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), selected 265 communities to receive $254.5 million in Brownfields grants.

These grants are supported by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides a total of $1.5 billion to advance environmental justice, spur economic revitalization, and create jobs by cleaning up contaminated, polluted, or hazardous brownfield properties.

Iowa Selectees:
City of Council Bluffs, Iowa
www.epa.gov/newsreleases/council-bluffs-iowa-selected-receive-500k-biden-administration-announces-254-million

City of Fort Dodge, Iowa
www.epa.gov/newsreleases/fort-dodge-iowa-selected-receive-250k-biden-administration-announces-254-million

City of Denison, Iowa
www.epa.gov/newsreleases/denison-iowa-selected-receive-400k-biden-administration-announces-254-million-tackle
 

Kansas Selectees:
Flint Hills Regional Council
www.epa.gov/newsreleases/kansas-flint-hills-regional-council-selected-receive-500k-biden-administration

Bi-State Brownfields Coalition Revolving Loan Fund
www.epa.gov/newsreleases/kansas-city-missouri-selected-receive-575m-biden-administration-announces-254m-tackle
 

Missouri Selectees:
City of Kansas City, Missouri
www.epa.gov/newsreleases/kansas-city-missouri-selected-receive-575m-biden-administration-announces-254m-tackle

City of St. Louis, Missouri, and St. Louis County
www.epa.gov/newsreleases/st-louis-missouri-and-st-louis-county-selected-receive-1m-and-19m-biden-administration

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Learn more about EPA Region 7: www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-7-midwest