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 the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA) a Cooperative Agreement of $1 million on October 1, 2025, under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818).

CCIDA will re-capitalize a revolving loan fund to issue direct loans and subgrants to property owners for brownfield remediation in Chautauqua County. The recipient will competitively procure qualified environmental professionals to oversee environmental site activities, create community involvement plans and administrative records for each remediated site, and manage databases to track brownfield sites and data. CCIDA will market the loan program to interested property owners, execute loan agreements, conduct public outreach, and submit quarterly reports and property information to EPA through the Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES).

The award period runs through September 30, 2030, with performance in Chautauqua, New York. Communities throughout Chautauqua County will benefit as blighted sites receive remediation through loans and subgrants funded from the revolving loan fund. CCIDA will manage the program administration and loan issuance directly; the source does not identify separate sub-recipients for cleanup activities, indicating CCIDA distributes funds as loans or subgrants directly to eligible property owners rather than to intermediary organizations.

This award will provide chautauqua county IDA the ability to loan/subgrant funds to revitalize land through remediation efforts. Activities:specifically, this agreement will provide funding for the recipient to RE-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). Ccida will manage the brownfields loan program, market the program to interested property owners, develop databases to manage brownfields sites and data, submit quarterly reports to EPA, execute loan agreements and engage in public outreach.subrecipient:fund eligible cleanup activities in chautauqua county by providing direct loans or subgrants. Outcomes:the communities of chautauqua will be the intended beneficiaries of this award as blighted sites within the county will be remediated. Quarterly reports and property information will be submitted on the brownfields' database acres. A few sites will receive loans/subgrants which will results in those sites being remediated.