Provide funding in the amount of $600,000 to the east central florida regional planning council, florida

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement to the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.818) program. The funding will support inventory, characterization, assessment, and development of cleanup planning and community involvement activities for brownfield sites in Orange, Lake, Seminole, and Osceola Counties, Florida through September 2024. Specific deliverables will include site assessment reports, technical reports, and a community involvement plan to benefit residents. Outcomes may comprise jobs, leveraged funding, and properties made ready for redevelopment. The Brownfields program aims to address real property complicated by hazardous substances to facilitate expansion and reuse.

Activities to be performed may include inventory, characterization, assessment, and development of cleanup planning and community involvement related events for brownfield sites in orange, lake, seminole, and osceola counties, florida. Anticipated deliverables, expected outcomes, and intended beneficiaries, for this project will include site assessment reports, other technical reports, and a community involvement plan for residents of those counties. More specifically, outcomes may include jobs and leveraged funding, and properties made ready for reuse. 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.