Two Columbia County brownfield sites are among 13 municipally-owned locations across the state that will receive $8.4 million in NY Works II funding to cleanup and remediate the sites for redevelopment, state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens announced Fri., Jan. 9. The former Hettling Property Site in Clermont gets $616,738 and the Foster Refrigeration Site in Hudson gets $427,000. The sites are part of the state’s Environmental Restoration Program (ERP). “The cleanup and restoration of brownfield properties such as these are critical to safeguarding public health, protecting the environment and developing community assets that energize the economy and quality of life,” DEC Commissioner Joe Martens said in a press release. “The funding announced today is made possible by Governor Cuomo and the legislature who have championed the ERP through NY Works funding as a central part of the State budget.” Municipalities and DEC will enter into agreements so DEC will undertake the remediation work directly with the municipality paying 10 percent of the project costs.