This agreement provides funding in the amount of $500,00 to florida gadsden county board of county commissioners, to conduct eligible assessment related activities as authorized by cercla 104(K)(2)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners on July 1, 2025, under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The award funds eligible brownfield assessment and remediation activities authorized under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 104(k)(2) through June 30, 2029. No subawards are included in this agreement.

The recipient will conduct environmental site inventory, characterization, assessment, cleanup planning, and community involvement activities on brownfield properties in Gadsden County, Florida. Specifically, the county will procure qualified environmental professionals to conduct 17 Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, hold four community meetings, develop four site-specific cleanup plans, perform brownfield cleanup alternatives analysis, create one planning document to initiate brownfield revitalization, and submit 16 quarterly progress reports through the EPA's Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES). These activities are designed to support community redevelopment and benefit residents, business owners, and stakeholders in Gadsden County.

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. Also, the recipient 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:further, the recipient anticipates conducting 17 phase I and II 8 environmental site assessments, holding 4 community meetings, developing 4 site-specific cleanup plans, analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, developing 1 planning documents to initiate brownfields revitalization, and submitting 16 quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near the county of gadsden florida.