Provide funding for niagara county, new york to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for brownfield sites in niagara county, new…

This $300,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 will fund Niagara County, New York to deliver brownfield assessment and cleanup planning products and services through September 2024. Under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), the county will conduct Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, develop health and safety plans and quality assurance plans, and facilitate community outreach meetings. The resulting outputs will include assessment reports, cleanup plans, and meeting minutes to aid redevelopment of contaminated sites in the target communities of Lockport, Niagara Falls, and North Tonawanda for the ultimate benefit of Niagara County residents.

Provide funding for niagara county, new york to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for brownfield sites in niagara county, new york. Niagara county's assessment program will target the communities of lockport, niagara falls, and north tonawanda. The target communities are included in existing planning studies. The activities to be performed include phase i environmental assessments, phase II environmental assessments, cleanup planning, and community outreach. Anticipated outputs include phase i environmental assessment reports, phase II environmental assessment reports, health and safety plans, quality assurance project plans, cleanup plans, and meeting minutes. The beneficiaries of the project are the residents of niagara county. Brownfields are real property, the expansion, development or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardo