This action approves an award in the amount of $600,000 to provide funding for the east alabama regional planning and development commission

The East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission (EARPDC) was awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will support EARPDC's delivery of inventory, characterization, assessment and community involvement activities for brownfield sites in the West Anniston and Avondale Mills Village target areas of Alabama through September 2024. Specifically, EARPDC will produce site assessment reports, technical reports, and a community involvement plan. Anticipated outcomes include making properties ready for redevelopment and leveraging additional funds, which will benefit the residents of Anniston and Sylacauga. The Brownfields program aims to facilitate the cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties.

Activities to be performed may include inventory, characterization, assessment, and development of cleanup planning and community involvement related events for brownfield sites in the west anniston community target area in anniston, alabama and the avondale mills village target area in sylacauga, alabama. Anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes for this project will include site 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 intended beneficiaries of this grant are the residents of anniston, alabama and sylacauga, ALA