[StBernard] Grants News Brief (Region 6): EPA Awards Over $900, 000 to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission

[Westley Annis]

EPA Awards Over $900,000 to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission 

(Dallas, Texas - September 16, 2010)  The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) has awarded $948,430 to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission
(BECC).  The BECC will provide a focal point for collaboration between
federal, state, local, and private interests on both sides of the border,
and a forum for broad public dialogue on proposed environmental
infrastructure projects.  The BECC will also promote environmental projects
that will improve border communities' living standards in accordance with
the priorities and objectives of the Border 2012 Program. 

Additional information on EPA grants:
http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm>  

More about activities in EPA Region 6:  http://www.epa.gov/region6
<http://www.epa.gov/region6>  

EPA audio file is available at:
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/sep2010.html
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/sep2010.html>  

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