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Brownfield grants aimed at former landfills The town of Madison has received two federal grants to help clean up former landfills in the southern part of the town.
< The Environmental Protection Agency announced the grants Tuesday in Milwaukee.
< The town will receive $200,000 for environmental testing on a 62-acre site that used to be part of two landfills and is now being developed as the Novation Technology Campus, EPA officials said.
< "It's been vacant for a long time and pretty much undevelopable," said Rick Rose, town public works director. "After development in addition to creating jobs . A $1 million grant will be used to create a revolving loan fund so that the town can provide loans or grants to others trying to clean up brownfields.
< Brownfields are abandoned or under-used industrial and commercial sites where redevelopment is difficult because of possible environmental contamination. The EPA estimates there are 450,000 brownfields in the United States.
< On Tuesday, the EPA announced 265 grants worth $75.4 million to communities or agencies in 42 states, Puerto Rico and five Native American tribes.
< Nine Wisconsin communities or agencies received grants totaling $10.38 million.
< The state Department of Natural Resources received $4 million to create a loan fund to help communities clean up brownfields.
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