ALT \uD83D\uDCA7 Cleanup Progress Check: Invictus Energy Site\n \nWhen contamination is discovered, the priority is control, safety, and protection.\n \nAt the Invictus Energy site, EPA crews have removed over 250,000 gallons of contaminated water, oil, and sludge while stabilizing leaking tanks and preparing for next cleanup steps.\n \nWork is transitioning toward on-site treatment solutions \u2014 a process that requires coordination, careful planning, and oversight to protect the surrounding community.\n \nCleanup work isn\u2019t instant, but progress continues.

ALT Water gushes out of main line and into residential street.

ALT From left to right, Keila M. Pag\u00E1n, senior environmental protection specialist at CEPD, shows RadNet Monitoring Station, located in the CEPD's offices to Alyssa Arcaya, deputy administrator, EPA Region 2's, and Vanessa Martins, Region 2's chief of staff. \n\n

ALT EPA and NYSDEC members install air monitors in a park

ALT EPA and NYSDEC members install air monitors

ALT A photo of an air monitor \n

ALT A photo of air monitors

ALT Brownfields grants available Multipurpose Grants: up to one million dollars. Develop inventories of Brownfields sites, prioritize sites, community involvement, environmental site assessment, develop cleanup and reuse plans, develop and overall plan for revitalization and conduct cleanup. Cleanup Grants: up to four million dollars. Funding to address hazardous substances and/or petroleum contamination at one or more brownfield sites. Applicant may request to allocate up to five hundred thousand among multiple sites. Assessment Grants: up to four million dollars. Developing inventories of brownfield sites, prioritizing sites, conducting community involvement activities, conducting planning, conducting site assessments, developing site-specific cleanup plans, and developing reuse plans. NOT FOR CLEANUP.

ALT Subvenciones disponibles para estorbos públicos Multiuso: hasta un millón de dólares Para desarrollar inventarios de estorbos públicos, priorizar lugares, participación comunitaria, evaluación ambiental, hacer planes de limpieza y reutilización, desarrollar planes más amplios de revitalización y remediación de contaminantes. Subvención para remediación: hasta cuatro millones de dólares Fondos para remediar sustancias peligrosas y/o contaminación por petróleo en una o más propiedades en desuso. Los solicitantes pueden pedir asignar hasta 500 mil dólares en diferentes lugares. Subvención para evaluación: hasta cuatro millones de dólares Para desarrollar inventarios de lugares en desuso, priorizar lugares, participación comunitaria, planificación, evaluación, desarrollo de planes de remediación y reutilización. NO PARA REMEDIACIÓN DE CONTAMINANTES.

ALT A scenic photo of a tent with mountains in the background.

ALT Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force (HETF), Virtual General Assistance Program Gap Review Meeting, U.S. EPA Region 2, January 6 & 7, 2026

ALT Site location outline on a map.

ALT Eduardo R. González, Environmental Engineer, CEPD, EPA Region 2 speaking into a microphone has a screen behind him that says "History of Landfills in Puerto Rico"

ALT From left to right, Director, Land and Pollution Area, DNER; Carmen Guerreo, Director, CEPD, EPA Region 2; and Eduardo R. González, Environmental Engineer, CEPD, EPA Region 2.