This action approves an award in the amount of $500,000 to the city of bolivar, tennessee to provide funding for the recipient to conduct eligible assessment-related activities as authorized by cerlca…

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the City of Bolivar, Tennessee $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. Under this cooperative agreement, the City of Bolivar will conduct brownfields assessment-related activities including 19 Phase I and 7 Phase II environmental site assessments, hold 4 community meetings, develop 3 site-specific cleanup plans and analyses of brownfield cleanup alternatives, create 3 planning documents to initiate brownfields revitalization efforts, and submit 16 quarterly reports. The funding will support inventorying, characterizing, assessing contaminated sites and conducting cleanup planning and community involvement in and near Bolivar, Tennessee, to benefit local residents, businesses and properties. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

This action approves an award in the amount of $500,000 to the city of bolivar, tennessee to provide funding for the recipient to conduct eligible assessment-related activities as authorized by cerlca 104(k)(2). 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.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 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 phase i and seven phase II environmental site assessments, holding four community meetings, developing three site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, developing three planning documents to initiate brownfields revitalization, and submitting sixteen quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and brownfields in and near the city of bolivar, tennessee.