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| | More Than $1 Million in EPA Grants to Help Revitalize Communities in North Carolina | Newsroom | US EPA |
 | | (ATLANTA – May 12, 2006) The cities of Durham, Forest City, Navassa, Pembroke and Sparta, the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments, and the Land-of-Sky Regional Council in North Carolina have been named as successful applicants of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields grants that promote the redevelopment of abandoned and contaminated or potentially contaminated waste sites. |
 | | The Piedmont Triad Council of Governments in Central North Carolina will receive $200,000 in assessment grant funds to conduct community involvement activities, inventory and prioritize sites and perform environmental assessments at sites in Lexington, Eden and Reidsville. |
 | | The Land-of-Sky Regional Council in Western North Carolina will receive $400,000 in assessment grant funds for identifying, characterizing and prioritizing properties and performing environmental assessments for hazardous substances and petroleum brownfields sites in four counties: Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania. |
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