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$350,000 EPA grant for Pulaski County brownfield cleanup

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding $350,000 in supplemental funding to clean contaminated sites in Pulaski County. The county plans to use the funding to clean Full Counsel & Sterling building sites.

"The partnership between Pulaski County and EPA has resulted in 419,000 sq. ft of remediated area, created 200 jobs, and added $38 million to the economy," said Fredrick Love, director Pulaski County Community Services. "This partnership also resulted in the honoring of an investment in the social capital of our community with the 2014 Phoenix Award for the Our House Children Center, demonstrating how you can strengthen the social fabric of a community while impacting the local economy and protecting the environment."

EPA is also awarding supplemental funding to 30 other projects, to help 44 communities carry out cleanup and redevelopment projects. There are an estimated 450,000 abandoned and contaminated sites in the US [targeted by] EPA's Brownfields program.

Source: EPA press release on 2026 Arkansas Gubernatorial race , Sep 23, 2015

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