This bipartisan infrastructure law (also known as the infrastructure investment and jobs act) funded cooperative agreement awards $1,999,062 to the city of morgantown to conduct remediation activities…

This EPA Region 3 Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.818) awards $1,999,062 to the City of Morgantown, West Virginia to conduct remediation activities on brownfield sites as authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(3). The funding will enable the city to clean up contaminated properties, create a community involvement plan and administrative record, and report on progress and accomplishments. Key activities include competitively procuring and directing environmental professionals, remediating one brownfield site, holding four community meetings, finalizing one analysis of cleanup alternatives, and submitting sixteen quarterly reports. This federal grant award aims to benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near Morgantown by addressing environmental contamination and supporting future redevelopment.

This bipartisan infrastructure law (also known as the infrastructure investment and jobs act) funded cooperative agreement awards $1,999,062 to the city of morgantown to conduct remediation activities as authorized by cerlca 104(K)(3) in morgantown, west virginia. 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 clean up brownfield site(S). Additionally, the recipient will competitively procure (as needed) and direct a qualified environmental professional to conduct environmental site activities, will create a community involvement plan and administrative record for the site(S), and 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 will remediate one brownfield site(S) and anticipates holding four community meetings, finalizing one analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, and submitting sixteen quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near morgantown, west virginia.