The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering grants to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofits to assess and clean up brownfield sites under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. The grants include Brownfields Assessment Grants for inventory and planning, Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants for capitalizing revolving funds, and Brownfields Cleanup Grants for cleanup activities at specific sites. The current guidelines focus on Cleanup Grants only, with Assessment Grant funding available through a separate announcement. No new Revolving Loan Fund Grants will be issued in FY15. Deadline for Cleanup Grant proposals is December 19, 2014.
Opportunity ID: 268911
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | EPA-OSWER-OBLR-14-08 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FY15 Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 90 |
| Assistance Listings: | 66.818 — Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 17, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | Dec 17, 2014 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 19, 2014 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 19, 2014 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Archive Date: | Jan 18, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $18,100,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $200,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Description: | : The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Brownfields Law, P.L. 107-118) requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish guidance to assist applicants in preparing proposals for grants to assess and clean up brownfield sites. EPAs Brownfields Program provides funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofits to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. EPA provides brownfields funding for three types of grants:1. Brownfields Assessment Grants provides funds to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct planning (including cleanup planning) and community involvement related to brownfield sites. 2. Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants provides funding for a grant recipient to capitalize a revolving fund and to make loans and provide subgrants to conduct cleanup activities at brownfield sites.3. Brownfields Cleanup Grants provides funds to conduct cleanup activities at a specific brownfield site owned by the applicant.Under these guidelines, EPA is seeking proposals for Cleanup Grants only. If you are interested in requesting funding for Assessment, please refer to announcement EPA-OSWER-OBLR-14-07 (Assessment Grant guidelines) posted separately on www.grants.gov and www.epa.gov/brownfields. A solicitation for new Revolving Loan Fund Grants will not be issued in FY15. EPA expects to solicit requests from existing, high performing RLF grantees through a Federal Register notice for supplemental RLF funding in early 2015. |
| Link to Additional Information: | FY15 Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup Grants |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jerry Minor-Gordon
202-566-1817 Email:minor-gordon.jerry@epa.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| This amendment is issued to add an additional “Other Factor” for consideration in final selection recommendations for this RFP (EPA-OSWER-OBLR-14-08). Accordingly: 1. Section V.C, Other Factors, (Page 40), is hereby amended to add the following factor: • whether the applicant is one of the 30-50 communities designated by EPA under the Agency’s cross-cutting initiative on Making a Visible Difference in Communities. 2. Except as noted above, all other terms and conditions of the original RFP remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This modification does not impact proposal content. |
Dec 17, 2014 | |
| Dec 17, 2014 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | EPA-OSWER-OBLR-14-08 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FY15 Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 90 |
| Assistance Listings: | 66.818 — Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 17, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | Dec 17, 2014 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 19, 2014 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 19, 2014 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Archive Date: | Jan 18, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $18,100,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $200,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Description: | : The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Brownfields Law, P.L. 107-118) requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish guidance to assist applicants in preparing proposals for grants to assess and clean up brownfield sites. EPAs Brownfields Program provides funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofits to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. EPA provides brownfields funding for three types of grants:1. Brownfields Assessment Grants provides funds to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct planning (including cleanup planning) and community involvement related to brownfield sites. 2. Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants provides funding for a grant recipient to capitalize a revolving fund and to make loans and provide subgrants to conduct cleanup activities at brownfield sites.3. Brownfields Cleanup Grants provides funds to conduct cleanup activities at a specific brownfield site owned by the applicant.Under these guidelines, EPA is seeking proposals for Cleanup Grants only. If you are interested in requesting funding for Assessment, please refer to announcement EPA-OSWER-OBLR-14-07 (Assessment Grant guidelines) posted separately on www.grants.gov and www.epa.gov/brownfields. A solicitation for new Revolving Loan Fund Grants will not be issued in FY15. EPA expects to solicit requests from existing, high performing RLF grantees through a Federal Register notice for supplemental RLF funding in early 2015. |
| Link to Additional Information: | FY15 Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup Grants |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jerry Minor-Gordon
202-566-1817 Email:minor-gordon.jerry@epa.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | EPA-OSWER-OBLR-14-08 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FY15 Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 90 |
| Assistance Listings: | 66.818 — Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 17, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 19, 2014 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Archive Date: | Jan 18, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $18,100,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $200,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Description: | : The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Brownfields Law, P.L. 107-118) requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish guidance to assist applicants in preparing proposals for grants to assess and clean up brownfield sites. EPAs Brownfields Program provides funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofits to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. EPA provides brownfields funding for three types of grants: 1. Brownfields Assessment Grants provides funds to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct planning (including cleanup planning) and community involvement related to brownfield sites. 2. Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants provides funding for a grant recipient to capitalize a revolving fund and to make loans and provide subgrants to conduct cleanup activities at brownfield sites. 3. Brownfields Cleanup Grants provides funds to conduct cleanup activities at a specific brownfield site owned by the applicant. Under these guidelines, EPA is seeking proposals for Cleanup Grants only. If you are interested in requesting funding for Assessment, please refer to announcement EPA-OSWER-OBLR-14-07 (Assessment Grant guidelines) posted separately on www.grants.gov and www.epa.gov/brownfields. A solicitation for new Revolving Loan Fund Grants will not be issued in FY15. EPA expects to solicit requests from existing, high performing RLF grantees through a Federal Register notice for supplemental RLF funding in early 2015. |
| Link to Additional Information: | FY15 Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup Grants |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jerry Minor-Gordon
202-566-1817 Email:minor-gordon.jerry@epa.gov |
Related Documents
Folder 268911 Revised Full Announcement-1 -> EPA-OSWER-OBLR-14-08 (C)_OBLR Final_additional other factor.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Jerry Minor-Gordon 202-566-1817 Email: minor-gordon.jerry@epa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66.818 | PKG00209164 | Oct 17, 2014 | Dec 19, 2014 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
268911 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
268911 Project-1.1.pdf
268911 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
268911 Other-1.1.pdf
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