Brownfields are real property, the expansion, development or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Piscataquis County Economic Development Council under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) effective July 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This award funds the recipient to conduct eligible brownfield assessment and cleanup planning activities in Piscataquis County, Maine, as authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(2). The recipient will manage environmental site assessment activities by competitively procuring qualified environmental professionals and directing the performance of Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments.

Under this agreement, the recipient will deliver comprehensive products including: up to ten Phase I and ten Phase II environmental site assessments; up to ten site-specific cleanup plans and alternatives analyses; up to six community meetings; up to two planning documents to initiate brownfields revitalization; inventory and characterization of contaminated properties; and sixteen quarterly progress reports submitted through the EPA's Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES). No subawards are included in this cooperative agreement. The anticipated outcomes will benefit residents, business owners, and stakeholders in Piscataquis County through identification and planning for remediation of brownfield sites that complicate property expansion, development, or reuse.

This agreement will provide funding for piscataquis county economic development council to conduct eligible assessment-related activities as authorized by cerlca 104(k)(2) in piscataquis county, maine. Activities:specifically, this agreement will provide funding to the recipient to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities. Additionally, the recipient will competitively procure (as needed) and direct a qualified environmental professional to conduct environmental site activities. Also, the recipient will report on interim progress and final accomplishments by completing and submitting relevant portions of the property profile form using EPA's assessment, cleanup and redevelopment exchange system (acres). Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:further, the recipient anticipates conducting up to ten phase i and ten phase II environmental site assessments, up to six community meetings, up to ten site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, and up to two planning documents to initiate brownfields revitalization, as well as submitting 16 quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near piscataquis county, maine.