The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers Brownfields Assessment Grants under the Brownfields Program created by the Brownfields Law. This grant is for inventorying, assessing, and planning for the cleanup and reuse of brownfield sites. The EPA is seeking proposals for Assessment Grants specifically under these guidelines. Funding is not provided for Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) or Cleanup Grants. For RLF and Cleanup Grants, applicants should refer to separate announcements on www.grants.gov and www.epa.gov/brownfields. Deadline for submitting proposals is December 3, 2012.
Opportunity ID: 199937
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | EPA-OSWER-OBLR-12-07 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | FY13 Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment Grants |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Environment |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 133 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 66.818 — Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date:: | Sep 08, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Nov 10, 2012 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Nov 19, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Dec 03, 2012 |
| Archive Date:: | Jan 02, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 34,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $600,000 |
| 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 announcement for 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 funds for a grant recipient to capitalize a revolving fund and to make loans and provide subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites.3. Brownfields Cleanup Grants provides funds to carry out cleanup activities at a specific brownfield site owned by the applicant.Under these guidelines, EPA is seeking proposals for Assessment Grants only. If you are interested in requesting funding for RLF and/or Cleanup Grants, please refer to announcement EPA-OSWER-OBLR-12-08 (RLF Grant guidelines) andEPA-OSWER-OBLR-12-09 (Cleanup Grant guidelines) posted separately on www.grants.gov and www.epa.gov/brownfields. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 2 | Change due date and link to announcement | Nov 10, 2012 |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 66.818 |
| Competition ID: | |
| Competition Title: | |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00145304 |
| Opening Date: | Sep 08, 2012 |
| Closing Date: | Dec 03, 2012 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | Jeanette Mendes mendes.jeanette@epa.gov. |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.1] Project Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) [V1.0] |
| optional_forms | Other Attachments Form [V1.1] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66.818 | PKG00145304 | Sep 08, 2012 | Dec 03, 2012 | View | Jeanette Mendes mendes.jeanette@epa.gov. | Organization Applicants |