University gets grant to foster reuse of contaminated land

Oct. 17 -- Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh plans to use a $900,000 grant from the U.S. EPA to support community revitalization by fostering the reuse of contaminated land.

The EPA brownfields grant -- to be spread over five years -- will be used in partnership with the Western Pennsylvania Brownfields Center to train representatives from up to 150 communities on how to reuse contaminated land.

The grant to Carnegie Mellon is one of 10 EPA grants awarded nationwide this year for brownfields training, research, and technical assistance projects.

Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant.

Additional information on the brownfields training, research and technical assistance grants is available at www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/trta.htm.

Contact Waste News senior reporter Bruce Geiselman at (330) 865-6172 or bgeiselman@crain.com