This action approves an award in the amount of $300,000 to the city of tuskegee, alabama

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $300,000 to the City of Tuskegee, Alabama through the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) to support brownfield site assessment and cleanup planning activities from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Under this cooperative agreement, the City of Tuskegee will inventory, characterize, and assess brownfield sites, and develop cleanup plans and community involvement events. Key deliverables will include assessment reports, technical reports, and a community involvement plan. The funding will support work to ready contaminated properties for redevelopment and reuse, with the goal of creating jobs and leveraging additional funds in Tuskegee. The residents of Tuskegee will benefit from the assessment and planning work funded by this award.

Activities to be performed may include inventory, characterization, assessment, and development of cleanup planning and community involvement related events for brownfield sites in the city of tuskegee, alabama. Anticipated deliverable and expected outcomes for this project will include the assessment reports, other technical reports, and a community involvement plan. 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. The residents of the city of tuskegee will be the intended beneficiaries of this grant.