
Assessment Funding Sources
Several sources of funding are available from the USEPA and from individual states to assist in the early phases of Brownfield site redevelopment.
Several sources of funding are available from the USEPA and from individual states to assist in the early phases of Brownfield site redevelopment.
What Are Assessment Grants?
Assessment Grants provide funding for a grant recipient to inventory, characterize, assess, conduct a range of planning activities, develop site-specific cleanup plans, and conduct community involvement related to brownfield sites.
Eligible Activities
What Types Of Assessment Grants Are Available?
Community-Wide Grants:
Site-Specific Grants:
Assessment Coalition Grants (not offered in FY2022):
Assessment Grants for States and Tribes (new for FY2022):
This funding is only available to states, tribes, and eligible native corporations in Alaska to address brownfield sites throughout their entire jurisdiction.
An applicant may request up to $2,000,000 to assess sites contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum), and/or petroleum.
The performance period for this specific grant is five years.
Current EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant recipients DO NOT have to demonstrate that payment has been received from EPA for at least 70.00% of each Assessment cooperative agreement they have with EPA by October 1, 2021, in order to apply for this funding.
Who Is Eligible To Apply For An Assessment Grant?
Eligible entities include:
How Long Is The Assessment Grant Period?
For more details on Assessment Grants please follow this LINK.
What Are Multipurpose (MP) Grants?
Multipurpose (MP) Grants provide funding to carry outrange of eligible assessment and cleanup activities with a proposed target area, such as a neighborhood, a number of neighboring towns, a district, a corridor, a shared planning area or a census tract. A MP Grant applicant should have a capacity to conduct a range of eligible activities, for example:
How Much Funding Is Available?
Applicants can apply for up to $800,000 to address hazardous substances and/or petroleum contamination. An applicant may request grant funds to carry out at least one Phase II environmental site assessment; one brownfield site cleanup; and an overall plan for revitalization of one or more brownfield sites, if there is not already a plan in place. Multipurpose Grants require a $40,000 cost share, which may be in the form of a contribution of money, labor, material, or services, and must be for eligible and allowable costs.
Who Is Eligible To Apply For An Multipurpose Grant?
Eligible entities include:
How Long Is The MP Grant Period?
For more details on Multipurpose Grants please follow this LINK.
State Grants and Loans
For information on state and brownfield assistance programs that can be applied to brownfields assessment, please follow this LINK. We also recommend you reach out to the appropriate state or territory brownfield program representative. A list of contacts is provided HERE.