特拉华州拨款52.3万美元资助12个社区环境项目 环境罚款返还比例升至40%
Dover——特拉华州自然资源与环境控制部（DNREC）10月19日宣布，全州12个社区项目将从社区环境项目基金（CEPF）获得2027年度补助，总额523,179美元（GSM 据 DNREC 官方发布报道）。该基金支持减轻污染、改善环境和为受影响社区创造休闲机会的项目。
按州法，DNREC 从环境违法罚款中留存一部分资金，返还给违法行为发生地的社区，补助通过竞争方式授予各类组织。2025年通过的第210号众议院法案、即《污染问责法》，由众议员 Larry Lambert、Melissa Minor Brown、Frank Burns、Sophie Phillips 和 Madinah Wilson-Anton 以及参议员 Nicole Poore 共同发起，并由州长 Matt Meyer 签署，将返还给社区的罚款比例从25%提高到40%，并优先支持距离违法行为发生地两英里以内的项目。
DNREC 部长 Greg Patterson 表示：“CEPF 计划投入这些社区项目的罚款资金，特别是近几年的投入，体现了州政府和 DNREC 对环境正义的承诺。”该部环境正义协调员 Dr. Katera Moore 指出，2027年度基金共收到60份申请，为该计划2004年设立以来最多，显示社区团体和市镇正积极采取行动改善生活质量。
自2004年以来，CEPF 已在全州129个社区补助项目中投入476万美元。2025年，Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware 曾获25,000美元补助，用于修复其位于 Kent County Cheswold、占地11.5英亩的历史地块 Deerfield Property——清除入侵树木、缓解侵蚀并重新植树。部落领袖 Dennis Coker 对此表示感谢，称补助为重新欣赏户外空间打下了坚实基础。2027年度12个受资助项目的名单可在州政府 de.gov/cepf 页面查询。
Delaware Awards $523,179 in Community Environmental Grants to 12 Projects for 2027
DOVER — Twelve Delaware community projects will receive a total of $523,179 in 2027 from grants awarded through the Community Environmental Project Fund (CEPF), the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) announced on October 19 (GSM, based on DNREC's official release). The fund supports projects that mitigate pollution, enhance the environment and create recreational opportunities for affected communities.
By state law, DNREC withholds a portion of the money collected through fines and penalties for environmental violations and returns it to the communities where the violations occurred, with grants competitively awarded to organizations. House Bill 210, the Pollution Accountability Act, sponsored in 2025 by Reps. Larry Lambert, Melissa Minor Brown, Frank Burns, Sophie Phillips and Madinah Wilson-Anton along with Sen. Nicole Poore and signed by Governor Matt Meyer, increased the share of penalty funds returned to communities from 25% to 40% and gives preference to projects within two miles of where an environmental violation occurred.
“The penalty money the CEPF program has invested in these community projects, particularly in the last few years, attests to the State's and DNREC's commitment to environmental justice,” said DNREC Secretary Greg Patterson. Dr. Katera Moore, DNREC's environmental justice coordinator, said the program received 60 applications for 2027 funding — the highest number since it began in 2004 — evidence that community groups and municipalities are taking action to improve their quality of life and protect their environment.
Since 2004, the CEPF program has invested $4.76 million in 129 community grant projects across Delaware. In 2025, the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware received $25,000 in CEPF funding to restore its historic 11.5-acre Deerfield Property in Cheswold, Kent County — removing invasive trees, mitigating erosion and beginning reforestation. Tribal Leader Dennis Coker thanked the fund for providing “a solid foundation on which to build renewed appreciation for outdoor spaces.” The list of the 12 projects receiving 2027 grants is available on the state's de.gov/cepf webpage.
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