Cooperative Agreement 00A00910

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the City of Rockland, Maine a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA #66.818) program. The funding will allow the City of Rockland to remediate one brownfield site by conducting cleanup activities authorized under CERCLA Section 104(k)(3). Specifically, the City will competitively procure environmental professional services to conduct site assessments and remediation. It will also create a community involvement plan, administrative record, and report progress using EPA's ACRES system. The City anticipates holding one community meeting, finalizing one Analysis of Brownfield Cleanup Alternatives report, and submitting twelve quarterly reports by the project completion date of September 30, 2025. No subawards are included under this Cooperative Agreement. The remediation work will benefit residents, businesses and stakeholders in and near Rockland, Maine.