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Audio File Index November 2008

EPA Awards Over $2 Million to TCEQ for Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $2,700,964 to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for leaking underground storage tank corrective action. TCEQ will use the funds for investigations, emergency response, remediation, and risk assessment of leaking underground storage tanks.

EPA Awards Over $400,000 to LDEQ for Brownfields

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $406,185 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to support its Brownfields program. Brownfields are vacant, abandoned or under-used properties with redevelopment potential that suffer from known or perceived environmental contamination. LDEQ will use the funds for its Voluntary Cleanup Program and Revolving Loan Fund.