This agreement will provide funding for the municipality of guaynabo to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for brownfield…

This Cooperative Agreement award of $300,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 provides funding for the Municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico to conduct brownfield site inventory, characterization, assessment, and cleanup planning activities from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. Under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), the Municipality will retain an environmental professional to perform multiple environmental site assessments and develop a quality assurance project plan to identify and address exposure pathways at brownfield sites. The community-wide brownfield assessments will benefit low-income and minority communities by promoting affordable housing and improving local economic competitiveness through the redevelopment of contaminated properties.

This agreement will provide funding for the municipality of guaynabo to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for brownfield sites in municipality of guaynabo, puerto rico. The municipality of guaynabo will retain the services of a qualified environmental professional to conduct multiple environmental site assessments (esas) at brownfield sites, as well as develop a quality assurance project plan. The community-wide brownfields assessments grant will benefit low income and minority communities by identifying and eliminating contaminant exposure pathways, improving economic competitiveness of the target areas (and promoting both new and retain existing affordable housing). 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.