This action approves an award in the amount of $500,000 to the city of hawkinsville, georgia to provide funding to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community…

The City of Hawkinsville, Georgia was awarded a $500,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA #66.818) program. The funding will support inventorying, characterizing, assessing, and conducting cleanup planning and community involvement activities for brownfield sites in and near Hawkinsville. Specifically, the City anticipates conducting 12 Phase I and 6 Phase II environmental site assessments, holding 5 community meetings, developing 6 site-specific cleanup plans and analyses of brownfield cleanup alternatives, and developing 6 planning documents to initiate brownfields revitalization. The City will also submit 16 quarterly reports on progress to EPA and complete relevant portions of the property profile form using EPA's Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System. No subawards are included in the agreement, which was awarded on October 1, 2022 and extends through September 30, 2026.

This action approves an award in the amount of $500,000 to the city of hawkinsville, georgia to provide funding to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities. Additionally, the recipient will competitively procure (as needed) and direct a qualified environmental professional to conduct environmental site activities, and will report on interim progress and final accomplishments by completing and submitting relevant portions of the property profile form using EPA's assessment, cleanup and redevelopment exchange system (acres). Activities:specifically, this agreement will provide funding to the recipient to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities. Additionally, the recipient will competitively procure (as needed) and direct a qualified environmental professional to conduct environmental site activities, and will report on interim progress and final accomplishments by completing and submitting relevant portions of the property profile form using EPA's assessment, cleanup and redevelopment exchange system (acres).subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the recipient anticipates conducting 12 phase i and 6 phase II environmental site assessments, holding 5 community meetings, developing 6 site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, developing 6 planning documents to initiate brownfields revitalization, and submitting 16 quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and brownfield in and near hawkinsville, georgia.