95309001

Description:
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ('IIJA') (commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)) provided additional funding to carry out the Section 128(a) Grant Program. The purpose of this award is to enhance the capacity of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (PADEP) Brownfields Response Program to meet the Section 128(a) elements. EPA's CERCLA Section 128(a) Grant Program funds activities that establish or enhance the capacity of state and tribal response programs. The goals of this funding are to provide financial support for the elements of an effective state or tribal response program, as specified in CERCLA Section 128, and to ensure that states and tribes maintain a public record of sites included in their programs. The PADEP will oversee and perform planning, assessment, and cleanup of brownfields sites throughout the state.

Activities:
PADEP will perform timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites, which are properties whose expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence of hazardous substances. Activities also include oversight and enforcement authorities to ensure that response actions protect human health and the environment; resources to provide meaningful public involvement; mechanisms for approval of cleanup plans; and verification of complete responses. The objective of this project is to assist in remediating and reusing brownfields sites throughout the state requiring PADEP oversight and provide a mechanism by which property owners may be issued a certification of completion of remedy for their site.

Subrecipient:
No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

Outcomes:
PADEP will expand public education and outreach of the PADEP Voluntary Cleanup Program to underserved communities. Direct beneficiaries of this program include the grantee as well as the Commonwealth's residents through future cleanup and redevelopment of identified sites.

Pennsylvania Department Of Environmental Protection

66.817 - State and Tribal Response Program Grants

EPA Region 3: Philadelphia [EPA - RO]

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101 United States

Single Zip Code

EPA-CEP-02

Infrastructure $2,515,006 (72%) percent this Project Grant was funded by the 2021 Infrastructure Act.
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/30/23 to 09/30/25 and the total obligations have increased 128% from $1,535,006 to $3,495,006.