This bipartisan infrastructure law (also known as the infrastructure investment and jobs act) funded cooperative agreement will provide funding to greenbrier valley economic development corporation to…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 awarded a $224,200 Cooperative Agreement to Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corporation under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. Funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), this award supports comprehensive brownfield remediation activities authorized under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 104(k)(3) at a contaminated site in Greenville, West Virginia.

Under this cooperative agreement, the recipient will deliver full-site cleanup and remediation services, competitively procure and direct a qualified environmental professional to conduct environmental site activities, and develop essential project documentation including a community involvement plan and administrative record. Key deliverables include hosting four community meetings, completing one analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, submitting four quarterly progress reports through EPA's Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES), and ultimately remediating the single brownfield site. No sub-awards are included in this agreement. The project is designed to benefit residents, business owners, and stakeholders in the Greenville area, addressing a site whose development potential has been hindered by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.

This bipartisan infrastructure law (also known as the infrastructure investment and jobs act) funded cooperative agreement will provide funding to greenbrier valley economic development corporation to conduct remediation activities as authorized by cercla 104(K)(3) in greenville, 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 a brownfield site. 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, 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 and anticipates holding four community meetings, finalizing one analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, and submitting four quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near greenville, west virginia.