There are four types of grants
funded by the Brownfields program
that help communities reuse sites.
They are:

~	Brownfields Assessment Grants
Grants of up to $200,000 per site to
inventory, characterize, assess and plan
site work. The funding period is
typically two years.*

~	Revolving Loan Fund

Grants of up to $1 million over a five-
year period to make loans or grants to
an eligible entity, site owner, site
developer.*

~	Cleanup Grants

Grants of up to $200,000 for a two-year
funding period to site owners to clean up
contaminated sites.*

~	Job Training and Redevelopment
Grants

Grants of up to $200,000 for a two-year
funding period to train individuals for
environmental related jobs.*

All of these grant programs require
community notification

~	Refer to proposal guidelines booklet for detailed criteria of
Brownfields Grants

For additional information on
grant applications and other
resources available to
Brownfields redevelopment,
please contact one of the
Brownfields representatives
listed below:

Applying For A
Grant?

Section Chief

Joseph Dufficy

(312) 886-1960

Brownfields Coordinator

Deborah Orr

Project Managers

Karla Auker
Alan Baumann
Keary Cragan
Matt Didier
Brooke Furio
Mike Gilford
Jeanne Griffin
Linda Morgan
Jane Neumann
Jan Pels
Laura Ripley
Diane Spencer

(312) 886-7576

(440) 250-1741
(312) 886-3058
(312) 353-5669
(312) 353-2112
(312) 339-7484
(312) 886-7257
(312) 886-3007
(312) 886-4747
(312) 353-0123
(312) 886-3009
(312) 886-6040
(312) 886-5867

SEE Program Employees

DonnaBraden	(312) 353-7712

Weiwei Shang	(312) 886-4379

Mable Thomas	(312) 886-4494

Secretary
Hilda Mateer

(312) 886-1440

You Gotta Tell
Somebody!

EPA Region 5 Guide to
informing communities
about your Brownfields
Grant Application

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What is Community
Notification?

The Brownfields program is one of EPA's
biggest success stories. EPA grants have
helped turn eyesores into soccer fields,
recreation centers and office complexes
throughout the nation. These grants can
help you do the same in your community.

Getting a Brownfields grant requires some
effort, and one item that must be included in
every grant application is information on
community notification. That means you
need to tell EPA everything you are doing to
inform the people who will be affected by
your plans for improvement of the site. Not
only do they need to know about your grant
application, they need a way to comment on
the proposed project, and to participate in
its design.

This brochure will explain how to complete
the community notification section of your
grant application. We'll even give you
examples from successful applications.

Good luck!

How do I show community
notification in my grant
proposals and applications?

Although you must include a
community notification section in all
grant applications and proposals, it
doesn't have to be a long, difficult
process. You can document your
efforts to notify the community in a
variety of ways. Here are some
examples of what most successful
applicants do:

~	Describe how people were notified of
your grant request. Statewide programs
require statewide notification.

~	Explain how you made the grant
proposal available for public review.

~	Show samples of the notification with
distribution and/or publication dates
clearly displayed.

~	Show evidence that the public had ample
time to comment on the proposal before
submission.

What are some good
examples of community
notification?

There are many methods of notifying the
public regarding your proposal. You are the
expert on what works in your community,
but be sure to provide ample time and
opportunity. All successful proposals
provide ample time and opportunity for
public comment. A few examples are:

~	Place an ad in a local newspaper or other
local media such as radio or television.
Local cable access stations are also good
outlets. A member of the EPA's
Brownfields staff can advise you if you
need help with this step.

~	Present your proposal during an open
government meeting.

~	Hand out fliers to affected residents door-
to-door.

Below is an excerpt from the community
notification section of an approved grant:

Notification was sent to each of the local
government and tribal leaders within the
county advising them of the specific interest
and intent to submit a grant application to the
United States Environmental Protection
Agency for brownfields assessment funding.
Each local government and tribal leader was
encouraged to provide input and comments. A
second notice was available for public review
and comment. See exhibit 2 for copies of
notification and responses as well as a copy
of the newspaper Public Notices dated
Nov. 9-11, 2004.

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