Provide funding in the amount of $300,000 to the city of tampa, florida for activities related to the brownfields program

This $300,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 supports brownfields assessment and community involvement activities in Tampa, Florida under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA #66.818). The City of Tampa will inventory, characterize, and assess brownfield sites; develop cleanup plans; and conduct community involvement events. Expected outcomes include site assessment reports, technical documents, and a community involvement plan to ready properties for redevelopment in the West River Community Redevelopment Area and Opportunity Zone. The brownfields work focuses on complicated redevelopment in this area and is intended to create jobs and leverage additional funding. The three-year award period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024.

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 tampa. 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 project will focus on the area known as the west river which is the city's newest community redevelopment area (CRA) and is part of an opportunity zone. The residents of TH