The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $4 million in grants to help redevelop brownfields in central and southern Arkansas.

According to a press release from the EPA, the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment and the Southwest Arkansas Planning and Development District are the recipients of over $3 million in grant funds. An additional $1 million will go to the Pulaski County Brownfields Program, which uses Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grants to fund community-led cleanups in Pulaski County.

The money comes from the EPA’s Brownfields Program, which began in 1995.

Three Arkansas organizations receive funding to redevelop brownfields