Brownfields
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DNR Awards Brownfields Grant Valued Up To $35,000 To City Of Stoughton Redevelopment Authority
A blighted riverfront property in Stoughton is on the way to being cleaned up with assistance from a brownfields grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
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DNR Awards Brownfields Grant Valued Up To $35,000 To City Of Portage
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) awarded a grant from the Wisconsin Assessment Monies (WAM) program to the city of Portage. The WAM program provides contractor services for environmental assessment worth up to $35,000 for eligible sites. The DNR awarded the grant to the city of Portage for a property in the city’s downtown that has been abandoned and left to the elements since 2018.
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DNR's Brownfield Program Launches Interactive Map To Highlight Statewide Cleanup And Redevelopment Successes
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) now has a GIS-based map available that offers a statewide look at many of the state's successful brownfield cleanup and redevelopment projects since the passage of the Land Recycling Act in 1995.
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Vapor Intrusion Prevention & Partnership Toolkit
Former Dry Cleaners - The Hidden Risk In the 1900s, dry cleaning (waterless cleaning of garments utilizing a chemical solvent) was a common business.
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Remediation & Redevelopment Program Public Notices
Remediation & Redevelopment (RR) Program public notices and public comment opportunities are listed below.External advisory group meeting information can be found on each group’s webpage and on the DNR Hearings and Meetings Calendar.Find…
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Madison-Kipp Corporation Madison, Wisconsin
The Madison-Kipp Corporation web page has been archived. If you have any questions about the Madison-Kipp Corporation remediation, please contact Luke Lampo. Information is also available on the Bureau for Remediation and Redevelopment Tracking…
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Wisconsin Plant Recovery Initiative (WPRI)
WPRI is a DNR effort to help businesses and communities expedite the cleanup and reuse of industrial and/orcommercial facilities that have or are planning to shut their doors. Besides the loss of jobs, tax revenue and localbusiness, a plant closing…
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Wisconsin Brownfields Coalition
The Wisconsin Brownfields Coalition was created in 2003 in order to obtain federal funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for brownfields cleanup. Current members include the DNR and Wisconsin's nine regional planning commissions.…
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Wisconsin Assessment Monies (WAM)
The Wisconsin Assessment Monies (WAM) program provides funding to address specific brownfields sites where potential or known contamination is acting as an impediment to economic redevelopment. The DNR's Remediation and Redevelopment (RR) Program…
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Voluntary cleanup and the Voluntary Party Liability Exemption (VPLE)
Certain individuals, businesses or units of government that conduct an environmental investigation and cleanup of a contaminated property, while following specific state requirements with the oversight of the DNR, can receive an exemption from…