FY2012 Brownsfields Guidelines due Nov 14, 2011

[NaepcA1]

The FY12 Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grantsare posted to the brownfields website at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/applicat.htm

The proposal deadline is November 28, 2011. For more information, please contact your EPA Regional Brownfield Coordinator:
http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/corcntct.htm

These grants may be used to address sites contaminated by petroleum and hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum). Federally recognized tribes are eligible to apply.

Opportunities for funding are as follows (See Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 66.818):

Brownfields Assessment Grants: (each funded up to $200,000 over three years; $1,000,000 for Assessment Coalitions) provide funding to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct planning (including area-wide planning and cleanup planning) and community involvement related to brownfield sites;

Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants: (each funded up to $1,000,000 over five years) provide funding to capitalize a revolving fund and to make loans and provide subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites;

Brownfields Cleanup Grants: (each funded up to $200,000 over three
years) provide funding for a grant recipient to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites that are owned by the grant recipient.

Please note there is one significant change to the Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants in
FY2012:
(1) Cleanup applicants must prepare a draft Analysis of
Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) as part of the community
notification requirement and make it available for public
review/comment prior to proposal submission and no later than
November 14, 2011. A description of the information to include
in the ABCA can be found at Frequently Asked Question #71 posted
on the brownfields website. Since this is a threshold
requirement, failure to comply will result in the proposal not
being considered for award.

EPA encourages applicants to read the guidelines carefully before applying.

If you are interested in subscribing to the Brownfields Listserve to receive additional announcements from EPA's Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, please send a blank email message to:
brownfields-subscribe@lists.epa.gov