The Friends of The Boat School Marine Trades Development Corporation has been awarded $675,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s competitive FY23 Brownfield Cleanup Grant for environmental hazard mitigation. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the grant will allow The Boat School to remove potential threats to human health and the environment in the three industrial-style buildings of the 8.4-acre Maine Marine Technology Center campus on Deep Cove Road, Eastport: The Boat School, Harborhood Community Center and Deep Cove Marine Science Station, known as the BioLab. Appropriate disposal to avoid accidental exposure or release ensures that these hazardous materials do not enter the general waste stream.
According to the EPA website, “The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $5.4 billion in cleaning up legacy pollution at Superfund and brownfields sites, helping to restore the economic vitality of communities.” Under the Brownfields Revitalization program, “Blighted and polluted sites in communities across America will be assessed, cleaned up and made available for safe reuse, spurring job creation and economic opportunity in areas that need it most.”
The following documents are available for Qualified Environmental Professionals who wish to submit proposals to oversee the brownfields clean-up cooperative agreement:
Request for Proposals: Deadlines, guidelines, and requirements
Cost Proposal Form: Task Descriptions
2020 Hazardous Materials Analysis
MMTC Grant Application FY23
US EPA Cooperative Agreement/Award