BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW: A HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN BROWNFIELDS A historic $1.5 billion investment in EPA's Brownfields Program will transform countless lives and spur life-changing revitalization in communities large and small, urban and rural; all with the same desire to keep their neighborhoods healthy, sustainable and reflective of the people who call it home. The funding will be used to: Remove barriers to brownfields reuse and spur new redevelopment to transform communities into sustainable and environmentally just places. Align with the President's Environmental Justice Executive Order by stimulating economic opportunity and environmental revitalization in more than 1,700 historically overburdened communities. Enhance climate resiliency and promote equitable and sustainable redevelopment through expanded technical assistance for "Climate Smart Brownfields Redevelopment." Provide necessary funds to states/territories and over 100 tribes, as the lead agencies in ensuring all brownfields are safely cleaned up. Direct grants and technical assistance funded with the Brownfields Projects appropriation will cleanup hundreds of brownfields, assess 18,000 sites, train 3,650/place 2,550 people in environmental jobs and assist hundreds of communities in identifying equitable reuse options to cultivate healthy, resilient, livable neighborhoods. reposition these properties for investment and revitalization. With EPA's funding and direct technical assistance, overburdened communities can begin to address the environmental challenges caused by brownfields and economic, social and Leverage 154,000 jobs and $30.2 billion in other public/private funding. ------- BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW $1.5 BILLION Investment Highlights Assessment Grants 2023 OFFERINGS * CleanuD Grants Revolving Loan Fund RLF) Grants JobTrainina Grants Technical Assistance. Including Targeted Brownfields Assessments UPTO $1 MILLION - $2 MILLION PER GRANT for states and tribes to determine extent of contamination and plan revitalization at brownfield sites No cost share requirement Applications due November 2022 • Projects awarded Summer 2023 UPTO $500,000 - $2 MILLION PER GRANT for communities, states, tribes and nonprofits to cleanup contamination on brownfield sites No cost share requirement Applications due November 2022 • Projects awarded Summer 2023 UPTO $1 MILLION PER GRANT for communities, states, tribes and nonprofits to provide loans and subgrants for the cleanup of contamination and revitalization of brownfield sites No cost share requirement Applications from applicants with no open RLF Grant due November 2022 • Funds awarded Summer 2023 Supplemental requests of up to $3 Million from existing Grant recipients who have an open RLF Grant due March 2023 • Funds awarded Summer 2023 UPTO $500,000 per grant for communities, states, tribes and nonprofits to develop a job training program that supports revitalization at brownfield sites Applications due August 2023 • Projects awarded January 2024 The largest investment ever in direct contracts and cooperative agreements to provide communities with technical assistance to adapt to a changing climate and remove barriers to safe and sustainable property reuse Projects awarded on a rolling basis CooDerative Agreements to State and Tribal ResDonse Programs $60 MILLION available per year in cooperative agreements for states and tribes to build response program capacity, oversee brownfields cleanups and conduct limited site assessment and cleanup activities FY23 requests due December 2022 • Funds awarded September 2023 *Funding amounts and deadlines are tentative and subject to change. ------- |