The funds are provided through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 and are awarded to ADEQ through a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The majority of the proposed projects are cleanups of petroleum contamination from leaking underground storage tanks for which owners cannot be identified or where owners are not financially capable of conducting cleanups. Two proposed projects are cleanups at school sites in Buckeye and Yuma.
"This funding is significant because it not only allows ADEQ to further protect human health and the environment for the people in Arizona, but it also provides opportunities for revitalization of communities and increased property values," ADEQ Director Benjamin H. Grumbles said.
The currently proposed projects and the estimated cleanup costs for the local projects are:
* Clay Springs (Navajo County) - B & B Market, 5055 Sawmill Road, $50,000
* Concho (Apache County) - Former Berreras Gas Station, 35427 Highway 180-A, $35,000
* Greer (Apache County) - Former Molly Butler Lodge, 103 Main St., $75,000
* Holbrook (Navajo County) - Former Sunwest Trading Post, 905 W. Hopi Drive, $125,000; former Capitol Gas, 707 W. Hopi Drive, $150,000; Farr's Service, 101 W. Hopi Drive, $150,000.
For information on ADEQ's use of federal stimulus funds for cleaning up leaking underground storage tanks throughout Arizona, visit www.azdeq.gov/recovery/index.html.