South Central Planning & Development Commission is pleased to announce the agency is applying for a Fiscal Year 2022 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Assessment Grant that would allow it to take inventory of brownfield properties within the region, complete environmental assessment and raise awareness.If awarded, the $500,000 grant may be used to assess sites contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum), and/or petroleum. In South Central’s region are Lafourche, Terrebonne, Assumption, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist and St. Mary parishes.

For more information, please contact our Brownfields Program Manager – Lesley Long at 985-851-2900 or lesley@scpdc.org.

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