{"id":24372,"date":"2024-09-24T13:17:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=24372"},"modified":"2024-09-24T13:17:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:17:12","slug":"sen-ossoff-announces-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-grant-opportunity-to-protect-families-from-hazardous-materials","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-announces-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-grant-opportunity-to-protect-families-from-hazardous-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Grant Opportunity to Protect Families from Hazardous Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Ossoff has previously delivered funding through the EPA\u2019s Brownfield program for clean-up projects in\u00a0<\/em>Adrian<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Atlanta<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Columbus<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Macon<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Milledgeville<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0Rome<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>Warner Robins<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, D.C. \u2014 <\/strong>U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff today announced Federal grant funding is available through the bipartisan infrastructure law to help protect Georgia families from hazardous materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\u2019s Brownfield Cleanup Grants program, made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law, offers Federal funding to clean-up \u201cbrownfield\u201d sites, which are oftenabandoned factory or manufacturing sites that remain contaminated with hazardous chemicals, dangerous substances, or other pollutants that pose risks to community health and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff is encouraging Georgia\u2019s local governments and nonprofit organizations to submit applications for the competitive bipartisan infrastructure law grant program and to reach out to his office for any assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applications must be submitted by November 14, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET and must be submitted online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur bipartisan infrastructure law will continue to deliver long-overdue upgrades to Georgia\u2019s infrastructure for years to come, including to help ensure no family in Georgia lives in fear of contaminants in their communities,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong> \u201cI encourage Georgia communities to contact me and my office with any questions about this grant opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff has previously delivered funding through the EPA\u2019s Brownfield program for clean-up projects across the state, including in Adrian<\/a>, Atlanta<\/a>, Columbus<\/a>, Macon<\/a>, Milledgeville<\/a>, Rome<\/a>, and Warner Robins.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sen. Ossoff has previously delivered funding through the EPA\u2019s Brownfield program for clean-up projects in\u00a0Adrian,\u00a0Atlanta,\u00a0Columbus,\u00a0Macon,\u00a0Milledgeville,\u00a0Rome,\u00a0and\u00a0Warner Robins Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff today announced Federal grant funding is available through the bipartisan infrastructure law to help protect Georgia families from hazardous materials. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\u2019s Brownfield Cleanup Grants program, made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law, offers […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24372","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24374,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24372\/revisions\/24374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}