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

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the City of Liberty, South Carolina $500,000 under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) effective July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. The funding will support the recipient conducting twelve Phase I and eight Phase II environmental site assessments, holding eight community meetings, developing four site-specific cleanup plans/analyses of brownfield cleanup alternatives, and submitting twenty quarterly reports. These activities will inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement activities for brownfield sites in and near Liberty, with the goal of benefiting area residents, businesses and properties. No subawards are included in the cooperative agreement.

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 twelve (12) phase i and eight (8) phase II environmental site assessments, holding eight (8) community meetings, developing four (4) site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, and submitting twenty (20) quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and brownfields in and near the brownfields target areas in liberty, south carolina.