The site of a former foundry on Chestnut Street and multiple sites on South Broad Street could see cleaner days after Chattanooga received $3.5 million in EPA funding for brownfield cleanup.
Funding available through the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was also awarded to Dunlap, Tennessee, and the South Central Tennessee Development District.
Brownfields refer to properties that are vacant or not being used because of contamination. Cleanups and remediation reduce threats to community health, safety and the environment, according to a news release.
“Brownfields can not only be cleaned up but can become community assets, and these federal grants will go a long way in making that happen in Tennessee,” Greg Young, a Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation deputy commissioner, said in the release.