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Environmental News
Dale Armstrong(913) 551-7003
armstrong.dale@epa.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 4, 2004
EPA CHIEF BRINGS $300,000 TO SPRINGFIELD FOR WORK ON BROWNFIELDS
EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt visited Springfield today to present a $300,000 in brownfields assessment grant to Mayor Tom Carlson.The grants will be used for environmental assessments of possible hazardous substances and petroleum on properties in Springfield’s former industrial corridor, which is associated with the city’s acquisition for the Jordan Valley Park project.
“The City of Springfield is a brownfields success story in every way we define the word success,” Leavitt said, calling the city’s program a story of community success, political success and national success.
A brownfield site is real property that might be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
The 6 p.m. presentation at the East Plaza of Jordan Valley Park was followed by a brief tour of the Jordan Valley Park project’s National Hockey League regulation ice rink.
