This action approves an award in the amount of $1,000,000 to provide funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) for alamance county to conduct eligible assessment-related…

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), provides $1,000,000 in funding to Alamance County, North Carolina to conduct eligible brownfield assessment-related activities.

Specifically, the recipient will perform inventory, characterization, assessment, cleanup planning, and community involvement activities on brownfield sites in Alamance County. This includes competitively procuring and directing qualified environmental professionals to conduct environmental site assessments. The expected deliverables include 46 Phase I and 20 Phase II environmental site assessments, 3 community meetings, 8 site-specific cleanup plans, and 4 brownfields revitalization planning documents, as well as 16 quarterly progress reports. The grant aims to benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and around Alamance County.

This action approves an award in the amount of $1,000,000 to provide funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) for alamance county to conduct eligible assessment-related activities as authorized by cerlca 104(k)(2) in alamance county, north 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.activities:specifically, these activities include the recipient conducting inventory, characterizing, assessing, and conducting 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. Also, the recipient 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:further, the recipient anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes include conducting forty-six (46) phase i and twenty (20) phase II environmental site assessments, holding three (3) community meetings, developing eight (8) site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, developing four (4) planning documents to initiate brownfields revitalization, and submitting sixteen (16) quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near alamance county, north carolina.