EPA awards $1 million for cleanup projects in Spanish Fork and Murray

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $1 million in Brownfields grant funding to support the environmental assessment, cleanup and redevelopment of critical properties in the communities of Spanish Fork and Murray. The city of Spanish Fork will receive $500,000 to assess several priority properties that have elevated concentrations of contaminants in soil and groundwater. Murray will receive $500,000 to assess contaminations at properties within the central business district.

The grants are part the EPA’s Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup (MAC) grant programs. Brownfields are defined as former industrial or other sites with Please log in to see the rest of this story.