This action approves an award in the amount of $250,000 to provide funding for the yazoo city, mississippi

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $250,000 to the City of Yazoo City, Mississippi under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) to fund cleanup activities at the former Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital site. The City of Yazoo City will conduct community outreach meetings, create an asbestos containing materials management plan, demolish existing buildings, and perform lead-based paint abatement. Technical assistance will also be provided. The anticipated outcomes are confirmation that the recipient will carry out redevelopment of the property in a manner that creates or retains jobs and does not pose risks to human health or the environment. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024.

Activities to be performed for the cleanup of contaminants at the afro-american sons and daughters hospital in yazoo city, mississippi will include community outreach meetings, creation of an asbestos containing materials management plan, building demolition, and lead based paint abatement, technical assistance, and submission of the required final report. Anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes will confirm that the recipient will carry out community involvement activities to encourage redevelopment of the site such that the future reuse of the property will create/retain jobs and does not pose a threat to human health and the environment. The intended beneficiaries of this cooperative agreement are the residents of yazoo city, mississippi.