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

This $1,000,000 Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (CFDA 66.818) will provide funding to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) in California. The award will enable OCTA to conduct eligible planning, assessment, and remediation activities for brownfield sites in Orange County. Specifically, the award will fund environmental site assessments, cleanup planning, community involvement, and actual remediation of multiple brownfield sites. The funding will also support OCTA in procuring qualified environmental professionals, creating community involvement plans, and reporting on the project's interim progress and final accomplishments. The award has a performance period from January 2025 to March 2029.

This agreement provides funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) to orange county transportation authority. The recipient will conduct eligible planning, assessment, and remediation activities as authorized by cercla 104(k)(4) in orange county, california. This agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $1,000,000. Refer to terms and conditions. Activities:specifically, this agreement will provide funding to the recipient to plan, inventory, characterize, assess, conduct cleanup planning and community involvement activities, and remediate sites. Additionally, the recipient will competitively procure (as needed) and direct a qualified environmental professional to conduct environmental site activities, will create a community involvement plan and administrative record for each site that is remediated, and will report on interim progress and final accomplishments by completing and submitting relevant portions of the property profile form using EPA's assessment, cleanup and redevelopment exchange system (acres). Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:further, the recipient anticipates conducting multiple phase i and II, multiple environmental site assessments, remediating multiple brownfield site(s), holding four or more community meetings, developing one or more site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, developing one or more overall plans for revitalization, developing one or more reuse strategies for multiple priority sites, and submitting 20 quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near orange county, california.