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

Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded Livingston County a $1 million Cooperative Agreement on October 1, 2025, to capitalize a Revolving Loan Fund under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818).

Livingston County will use the funding to establish and manage a revolving loan fund from which it will issue loans and subgrants to eligible entities for brownfield site remediation. The county will competitively procure and direct a qualified environmental professional to oversee environmental site activities, create a community involvement plan and administrative record for each remediated site, hold an anticipated 20 community meetings, and finalize analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives. Livingston County will report program income, interim progress, and final accomplishments using EPA's Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES).

Performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, with work conducted in New York. The award is authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(3), which enables EPA to provide financial assistance for brownfield cleanup and capitalization of revolving loan funds. Benefits extend to residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near Livingston County, New York.

This agreement will provide funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) for livingston county to capitalize a revolving loan fund as authorized by cercla 104(k)(3) in livingston county, new york. Activities:specifically, this agreement will provide funding for the recipient to capitalize a revolving loan fund from which to make loans and subgrants to clean up brownfield site(s) and conduct other necessary activities to prudently manage the RLF. Additionally, the recipient will competitively procure (as needed) and direct a qualified environmental professional to oversee the environmental site activities, will create a community involvement plan and administrative record for each site that is remediated, and will report on program income, interim progress, and final accomplishments by completing and submitting relevant portions of the property profile form and brownfields RLF form using EPA's assessment, cleanup and redevelopment exchange system (acres). Subrecipient:cercla 104(k)(3) authorizes EPA to provide financial assistance to eligible entities for the cleanup of brownfield sites, including capitalizing a RLF from which loans and subgrants can be made to clean up these sites and to manage the RLF. Livingston county will produce loan and subgrants, quarterly reports, marketing material, administrative record, etc. Which is authorized under the statute. Outcomes:further, the recipient will issue loans and subgrants to remediate brownfield site(s); anticipates holding 20 community meetings, finalizing analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, and submitting quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near livingston county, NY.