This action approves an award in the amount of $500,000 to the city of goldsboro, north carolina for a brownfield project

This $500,000 Brownfields Multipurpose Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under CFDA 66.818, will provide funding to the City of Goldsboro, North Carolina to conduct eligible assessment-related activities on brownfield sites within the city limits. Specifically, the agreement will fund the city to inventory, characterize, assess, and develop cleanup plans and community involvement for approximately 20 Phase I and 9 Phase II environmental site assessments. The city will also develop 9 site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives and 8 planning documents to initiate brownfields revitalization, while holding 7 community meetings and submitting 16 quarterly progress reports. This comprehensive effort aims to address environmental contamination and facilitate the redevelopment of blighted, vacant, and underutilized properties in Goldsboro.

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 to the city of goldsboro to conduct eligible assessment-related activities as authorized by cerlca 104(K)(2) within the city limits of goldsboro, north carolina. 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. 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 anticipates conducting twenty (20) phase I and nine (9) phase II environmental site assessments, holding seven (7) community meetings, developing nine (9) site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, developing eight (8) 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 the city of goldsboro, north carolina.