This action approves an award in the amount of $500,000 to provide funding for the city of washington, north carolina

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $500,000 cooperative agreement to the City of Washington, North Carolina under the Brownfield Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.818) program. The City will use the funding to conduct cleanup activities at the contaminated Hotel Louise site, including public meetings, steering committee meetings, development of an agreement and quality assurance plan, and abatement of asbestos-containing materials and lead-based paint. The ultimate outcome of the site cleanup is redevelopment, which may occur outside the grant performance period. When redevelopment takes place, it could be quantified by increased tax revenue and jobs created. An additional outcome will be a North Carolina Brownfield Agreement establishing the site is safe for its intended reuse. The funding will support community engagement and encourage redevelopment, which is intended to create or retain local jobs.

Activities to be performed for the cleanup of contaminants at hotel louise in the city of washington, north carolina will include public meetings, steering committee meetings, finalized abca, generic qappand ACM and LBP abatementand and final reporting. The ultimate outcome is redevelopment of the site. This may occur outside the grant timeframe. When redevelopment takes place, the outcome could be quantified by increased tax revenue and jobs created. An additional outcome is a north carolina brownfield agreement that establishes that the site is safe for the intended reuse. The intended beneficiaries will be the residents of the city of washington, north carolina. The community activities will encourage redevelopment of the site. The redevelopment of the property will create/retain jobs.