Cleanup Grants provide funding for eligible entities to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites. The performance period for these grants is three years.
- An applicant may request up to $500,000 to address one brownfield site, or multiple brownfield sites, contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum), and/or petroleum.
- Applicants that plan to only address one brownfield site in their application may request a waiver of the $500,000 limit and request up to $650,000 based on the anticipated level of contamination, size, and other considerations that will be outlined in the Cleanup Grant guidelines.
- Applicants may submit one Cleanup Grant application each competition cycle.
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Eligible uses of funding: Direct costs associated with programmatic management of the grant, such as required performance reporting, cleanup oversight, and environmental monitoring of cleanup work. Direct costs associated with purchasing of environmental insurance, and up 10% of the budget for health monitoring of populations exposed to hazardous substances from a brownfield site.
Example Proposals: KSU TAB Resources (under Categories, select Successful Grant Proposals)
EPA Assessment Grants in R1 Success Stories: Fitch Avenue, CT; Former Aerofab Facility, ME; River’s Edge, MA; Former M.S. Perkins Machine property, NH; Providence Community Health Centers, RI;
EPA RLF Grant
Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants provide funding for a grant recipient to capitalize a revolving loan fund and to provide loans and subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites. The applicant may apply for up to $1,000,000 to address brownfield sites contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum), and/or petroleum.
- The project period is 5 years but RLF programs are designed to operate for many years (possibly decades) and as such, they require long-term resource commitments by the RLF Grant recipient and reporting to EPA, even after the RLF Grant is closed.
- Recipients need to have a strong understanding of real estate financing principles and approaches, including loan underwriting, loan servicing, and credit analysis.
- Recipients need to have the ability to market the RLF program on an on-going basis during the performance period of the grant, and after the close out of the RLF Grant.
- Recipients commit to properly manage the program income generated by their RLF program in perpetuity, unless they terminate the agreement and return the program income to EPA.
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Eligible uses of funding: Revolving loan funds are used to provide no-interest or low-interest loans for eligible brownfield cleanups, subgrants for cleanups, and other eligible programmatic costs necessary to manage the RLF. An RLF Grant recipient must use 50% or more of the awarded funds and the associated cost share to provide loans for the cleanup of eligible brownfield sites and associated eligible programmatic capability. The remaining EPA funding and associated cost share may be used for eligible programmatic costs, including issuing and managing subgrants to clean up eligible brownfield sites. Direct costs associated with purchasing of environmental insurance, and up 10% of the budget for health monitoring of populations exposed to hazardous substances from a brownfield site.
Checklist for Revolving Loan Fund
RFP Release: Every other year (will be issued in FY22)
Example Proposals: KSU TAB Resources (under Categories, select Successful Grant Proposals)
EPA Assessment Grants in R1 Success Stories: School Street Project, CT; Bayside, ME; 505 Tremont Street, MA; Former Whitney Screw Property, NH; Bosworth Street, RI; Vermont Tissue South, VT