EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grants:
Interested in Applying for Funding?
Here's what you need to know...
What Is EPA's Brownfields Program ? What Are Cleanup Grants ?
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The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's
(EPA) Brownfields
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communities, and other
stakeholders to work
together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. EPA provides technical and
financial assistance for brownfields activities through an
approach based on four main goals: protecting human
health and the environment, sustaining reuse, promoting
partnerships, and strengthening the marketplace.
Brownfields grants serve as the foundation of the
Brownfields Program and support revitalization efforts by
funding environmental assessment, cleanup, and
environmental
workforce and job
training activities.
Thousands of
properties have been
assessed and cleaned
up through the Brown-
fields Program, clearing the way for their reuse.

Lakewood, Colorado


A brownfield is defined as: 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. The Brownfields Law further
defines the term to include a site that is:
"contaminated by a controlled substance;
contaminated by petroleum or a petroleum
product excluded from the definition of
'hazardous substance'; or mine-scarred land."
Brownfields Cleanup Grants provide funding for a grant
recipient to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites
owned by the applicant.
Funds may be used to address sites contaminated by
petroleum and/or hazardous substances, pollutants,
or contaminants (including hazardous substances
comingled with petroleum).
How Much Funding Is Available?
~	An applicant may request funding to address
either a single brownfield site or multiple
brownfield sites within the same application.
~	An applicant may request up to $500,000 to address
hazardous substances and/or petroleum contamination.
~	Cleanup Grants require a 20 percent 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 A
Cleanup Grant?
In order to receive a Cleanup Grant, the applicant must be
the sole owner of the property that is the subject of its
Cleanup Grant application by the time of application sub-
mission. For the purposes of eligibility determinations in
the guidelines only, the term "own" generally means fee
simple title. A written American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) or equivalent Phase II site assessment
must be underway or completed prior to application
submission.

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Who Is Eligible To Apply For A
Cleanup Grant?
Eligible entities include:
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