This action approves an award in the amount of $300,000 to provide funding for the town of tarboro, NC

This $300,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 will fund brownfield site assessment, characterization, and cleanup planning activities in Tarboro, North Carolina through September 2024. The award provides funding to the Town of Tarboro under the EPA's Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818).

Deliverables will include site assessment reports, technical documents, and a community involvement plan. Outcomes may include leveraged funding, job creation, and properties made ready for reuse. The intended beneficiaries are Tarboro residents. As a brownfield site cooperative agreement, the funding will support environmental site assessment and characterization of potentially contaminated properties, as well as related community involvement and cleanup planning activities, in line with the EPA program's objectives.

Activities to be performed may include inventory, characterization, assessment, and development of cleanup planning and community involvement related events for brownfield sites in the town of tarboro, north carolina. 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 for this award are the residents of the targeted area in the town of tarboro, north carolina.