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

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Northside Industrial Development Company (doing business as Riverside Center For Innovation) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. The award funds brownfield assessment and remediation activities in Pittsburgh and Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, where brownfields are real properties whose development or reuse may be complicated by the presence of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants. No sub-awards are included in this agreement.

Under this Cooperative Agreement, Northside Industrial Development Company will conduct eligible assessment-related activities including inventory, characterization, and environmental site assessment of contaminated properties; develop site-specific cleanup plans and alternatives analyses; implement community involvement and engagement activities; and hire qualified environmental professionals to conduct environmental site assessments. Specific deliverables include conducting twelve Phase I and twelve Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, hosting two community meetings, developing three site-specific cleanup plans, creating two planning documents for brownfield revitalization, and submitting sixteen quarterly progress reports through the EPA's Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES). The funded activities are expected to benefit residents, business owners, and stakeholders in Pittsburgh and Wilkinsburg.

This agreement will provide funding for northside industrial development company to conduct eligible assessment-related activities as authorized by cerlca 104(K)(2) in the city of pittsburgh and the borough of wilkinsburg, pennsylvania. 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 twelve (12) phase I and twelve (12) phase II environmental site assessments, holding two (2) community meetings, developing three (3) site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, developing two (2) 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 pittsburgh and the borough of wilkinsburg, pennsylvania.