By: Lori ChenowethJanuary 6, 2015

Morgantown, W.Va. — The Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center located at West Virginia University, in conjunction with the Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall University, recently helped communities submit grant applications totaling $3.2 million to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPA has an estimated $59.5 million in brownfield grants to be distributed nationally this year to help towns conduct property assessments and aid in the cleanup of environmentally hazardous areas.

 Click here to read full article from the National Research Center for Coal and Energy’s website.

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