The Government of Saskatchewan now accepting applications for impacted sites fund so, Saskatchewan municipalities can now apply for funding to clean up abandoned, environmentally impacted sites through the Impacted Sites Fund. 

"The impacted sites fund provides financial support to municipal governments to clean up abandoned, environmentally impacted sites so that those sites can be used for future economic or social development opportunities," explained Sarah Keith director of air and land management with the environmental protection branch. 

The program is funded on an ongoing basis through fines issued and collected under The Environmental Management and Protection Act, 2010. 

To date, there is approximately $178,000 available in the fund.

“In addition to the obvious environmental and human health benefits of cleaning up contaminated sites, the Impacted Sites Fund will allow communities to use those sites for other, economically beneficial purposes,” Environment Minister Dustin Duncan said in the press release.

The Ministry of Environment will assess and rank the applications according to environmental, social, and economic factors.  First priority will be given to sites that pose the greatest risk to human or ecological health. Municipalities can apply for the impacted sites fund at Saskatchewan.ca.