[CPEO-BIF] Whitman Announces $4 Million Pilot Project To Clean up Underground

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United States Environmental Protection Agency 
Headquarters Press Release 
Washington, DC 
For Release: Thursday, August 23 , 2001

Whitman Announces $4 Million Pilot Project 
To Clean up Underground Storage Tank Sites

Administrator Christie Whitman today announced that EPA 
will provide $4 million in financial assistance to clean up 
contamination from leaking underground storage tanks around 
the nation. The Agency expects to select up to 40 pilot 
projects to help states and cities clean up these 
properties and foster redevelopment by returning them to 
productive economic and public use.

"These sites have caused problems that in many cases have 
very costly solutions. With this pilot money, recipients 
will be able to accelerate cleanup and return properties to 
viable use," said Whitman. "Fostering clean up at these 
sites not only restores the land but helps protect our 
water resources from petroleum contamination. The new pilot 
program is similar to our Brownfields initiatives in that 
it can help revitalize industrial areas and communities."

While Brownfields has been extremely successful, it has 
been unable to address abandoned petroleum tanks. These new 
pilots are building on the successful Brownfields program 
by bridging that gap. The pilot project, called USTfields, 
involves abandoned or under-used industrial and commercial 
properties with perceived or actual contamination from 
petroleum that has leaked from underground storage tanks 
(USTs).

EPA is inviting states, territories and federally- 
recognized Indian Tribes as well as eligible intertribal 
consortia to compete for these pilots. Each selected pilot 
will receive up to $100,000 in Leaking Underground Storage 
Tank Trust Fund monies. The deadline for submitting 
proposals for the USTfields Pilots is October 22. The 
announcement of the selected pilots will take place by the 
end of the year.
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To retrieve the Proposal Guidelines for USTfields Pilots, 
visit the USTFields Pilots page at: 
http://www.epa.gov/swerust1/ustfield/index.htm#pilots
For more general information on the USTfields Initiative, visit 
that page at: http://www.epa.gov/swerust1/ustfield/
For general information on the U.S. EPA's Brownfields 
Program, visit: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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