July 25, 2008
Affiliate gets funds to clean waterfront
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding a $200,000 grant to an affiliate of the National Aquarium in Baltimore to help clean up a contaminated 13-acre waterfront site in South Baltimore that is targeted for a $110 million aquarium expansion project.
The funding, scheduled to be announced today, will pay for about a fifth of the cost of cleaning up heavy metals, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and semi-volatile organic compounds at the site, at 101 W. Dickman St. beside the Middle Branch.
The National Aquarium is proposing to build a center to care for marine animals, the Center for Aquatic Life, and a public park and conservation area with restored wetlands. The facility would not replace the aquarium's Inner Harbor flagship. Rather, it would be a 50,000-square-foot home for marine animals waiting to be displayed at the main aquarium.
The grant is part of the EPA's "brownfields" program, which encourages redevelopment of abandoned and contaminated industrial sites.
Tom Pelton
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