This action approves an award in the amount of $500,000 to the city of cayce, south carolina

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the City of Cayce, South Carolina a $500,000 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will support the recipient conducting nineteen Phase I and ten Phase II environmental site assessments, holding six community meetings, developing four site-specific cleanup plans/analyses of brownfield cleanup alternatives, and submitting twenty quarterly reports from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. The brownfields program aims to address real property complicated by hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants. Work conducted under this agreement will assess and develop cleanup plans for brownfields to benefit residents, businesses and targeted areas in and around Cayce, South Carolina.

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. This agreement will provide funding for the recipient to conduct eligible assessment-related activities as authorized by cerlca 104(k)(2).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 the environmental protection agency's assessment, cleanup and redevelopment exchange system (acres).subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the recipient anticipates conducting nineteen (19) phase i and ten (10) phase 2 environmental site assessments, holding six (6) community meetings, developing four (4) site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives (abcas), and submitting twenty (20) quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and brownfields in and near the target areas of the city of cayce, south carolina.