This cooperative agreement will provide funding for southcentral michigan planning commission (smpc) to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement…

This cooperative agreement will provide funding for southcentral michigan planning commission (smpc) to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for brownfield sites in branch, calhoun, kalamazoo, and ST. Joseph counties in the state of michigan. This agreement will fund community outreach, prioritization of eligible sites, quality assurance project plan preparation, and site assessments and cleanup planning. An anticipated 42 reports comprised of phase i environmental site assessments (ESA), hazardous materials assessments, and phase II ESA reports, as well as 4 cleanup planning documents will be prepared during this period. Once the US EPA assessment cooperative agreement is executed by both parties, smpc will identify, evaluate, and select specific properties that will utilize the funding. 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.