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

The City of Sacramento, through its Office of the City Treasurer division, was awarded a $800,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9. The federal grant is funded under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818).

The purpose of the grant is to provide funding for the City of Sacramento to conduct eligible planning, assessment, and remediation activities for brownfield sites within the city. Specifically, the City will use the grant funds to perform environmental site assessments, develop cleanup plans, implement site remediation, and engage the community on brownfield redevelopment activities. The grant requires the City to competitively procure and manage a qualified environmental contractor to carry out the site assessment and cleanup work. The project period is from October 1, 2024 to October 31, 2029.

This agreement will provide funding for city of sacramento (COS) to conduct eligible planning, assessment, and remediation activities as authorized by cercla 104(k)(4) in sacramento, california. This assistance agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $800,000.00.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 two or more brownfield site(s), holding two or more community meetings, developing one or more site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, developing multiple overall plans for revitalization, developing two or more reuse strategies for multiple priority sites, and submitting up to 24 quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near sacramento, california.