Provide funding for the city of frederick, maryland, to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for brownfield sites in the east side…

The City of Frederick, Maryland will receive $300,000 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 on October 1, 2021. The funding supports brownfield site inventory, assessment, and cleanup planning activities through September 30, 2024.

Under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), the City will conduct community engagement, inventory and map brownfield sites, perform preliminary site characterization and environmental assessments. The award will also fund analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, endangered species and cultural/historical surveys when needed, and abatement or management plans. Quarterly and annual reports on project status and finances will be delivered along with public meetings. The activities aim to facilitate economic redevelopment of contaminated sites in the city's East Side.

Provide funding for the city of frederick, maryland, to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for brownfield sites in the east side of the city. Frederick has established an initial list of brownfields that have the highest potential to facilitate economic diversification efforts after redevelopment. The activities to be performed include community engagement, brownfields inventory mapping/data collection, preliminary site characterization, environmental site assessments, and preliminary planning for remediation and redevelopment. These activities will include the development of an analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, endangered species surveys, when needed, cultural and historical resource surveys, when needed, and abatement or management plans. The anticipated deliverables and outputs include quarterly and annual project status and financial reports, public meetings, along WIT