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Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government to Receive $1.2 Million to Revitalize Brownfields

Release Date: 05/16/2007
Contact Information: Laura Niles, (404) 562-8353/ niles.laura@epa.gov

(ATLANTA – May 16, 2007) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet and the City of Louisville will celebrate the award of $1.2 million in EPA brownfields grants to the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government on Friday, May 18, 2007 at the Rhodia Site in Louisville. Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.

WHO: EPA Regional Administrator Jimmy Palmer and Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet Secretary Teresa J. Hill

WHAT: Award ceremony for $1.2 million in EPA brownfields grants to the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government.

WHEN: Friday, May 18, 2007 at 9:00 am

WHERE: Rhodia Site in the Park Hill Industrial Corridor
1515 South 11^th Street
Louisville, KY 40210