Five Southern California communities have been awarded federal grants totaling $3 million to help transform polluted "brownfield" sites into land that's safe for development, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced. The Orange County Transportation Authority received a $1-million grant to conduct environmental site assessments and clean up its 18.78-acre OC Connect site in Garden Grove and Santa Ana, which is thought to be contaminated by an old railway and industrial waste. Part... Read this story
