This action provides funding in the amount of $500,000 to city of natchez, mississippi

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded a $500,000 cooperative agreement to the City of Natchez, Mississippi, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029, under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The award funds brownfield assessment-related activities authorized under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 104(k)(2), enabling the City to engage a qualified environmental professional to conduct environmental site assessments and related activities on properties where expansion, development, or reuse may be complicated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.

The City of Natchez will deliver specific, quantifiable products over the four-year performance period, including five environmental site assessments, five site-specific cleanup plans with alternatives analysis, three planning documents to support brownfields revitalization, ten community meetings to facilitate stakeholder engagement, and sixteen quarterly progress reports submitted through the EPA's Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES). These deliverables directly benefit residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and around Natchez by identifying contamination on brownfield sites and developing strategies for their remediation and redevelopment. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

Description

This action provides funding in the amount of $500,000 to city of natchez, mississippi. The purpose project is to conduct eligible assessment-related activities as authorized by cerlca 104(k)(2) in the city of natchez. 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 include competitively procuring and direct a qualified environmental professional to conduct environmental site activities, 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). Anticipated deliverables include 5 environmental site assessments, holding 10 community meetings, developing 5 site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, developing 3 planning documents to initiate brownfields revitalization, and submitting 16 quarterly reports. Direct beneficiaries include residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near the city of natchez, mississippi.activities:-subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:-