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a. Approve the submittal of a Brownfields Program Cleanup Grant application to the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and
b. Authorize the Director of Public Works, or his designee, to act as the Agent for the County in processing all documentation to secure the grant funds.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve the submittal of a Brownfields Program Cleanup Grant application to the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and
b. Authorize the Director of Public Works, or his designee, to act as the Agent for the County in processing all documentation to secure the grant funds.
SUMMARY:
Approval of the recommendations will allow the Resource Management Agency-Public Works (RMA-PW) to apply for a United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Program Cleanup Grant for up to $200,000 to cleanup soil contamination at the San Lucas Branch Library Project site.
DISCUSSION:
In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act was enacted to help states and communities around the country cleanup and revitalize brownfields sites. A Brownfields site is real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Under this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through four competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. The site of the San Lucas Library Project, Project 8548, currently underway, is a likely candidate to receive such grant funding.
In January 2012, the Board confirmed the $1 purchase of the property site at 54692 Teresa Street in San Lucas planned for the construction of a new library facility for the community of San Lucas. In July 2013, a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Report was completed for the site th...
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