The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking applications for its 2025 Brownfield Cleanup Grants.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/14/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 4 Years
Details:
This opportunity provides funding to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites owned by the applicant. A brownfield site is real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, contaminant, controlled substance, petroleum, or petroleum product, or is mine-scarred land. This program is being funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“Bipartisan Infrastructure Law”).
Funding Information
The estimated total funding available for Cleanup Grants under this solicitation is approximately $100 million. EPA anticipates awarding an estimated 30 Cleanup Grants for up to $500,000, an estimated 23 Cleanup Grants for projects that are between $500,001 and $2,000,000, and an estimated 10 Cleanup Grants for projects that are between $2,000,001 and $4,000,000.
Project Period
The project period for Cleanup Grants is up to four years.
Uses of Grant Funds
In addition to direct costs associated with the cleanup of a brownfield site, Cleanup Grant funds may be used for:
- Direct costs associated with programmatic management of the grant, such as required performance reporting, cleanup oversight, and environmental monitoring of cleanup work.
- A local government may use up to 10% of its grant funds for the following activities:
- health monitoring of populations exposed to hazardous substances from a brownfield site; and
- monitoring and enforcement of any institutional control used to prevent human exposure to any hazardous substance from a brownfield site
- A portion of the Brownfields Grant may be used to purchase environmental insurance.
Eligibility Criteria
The following information indicates which entities are eligible to apply for a Cleanup Grant.
- General Purpose Unit of Local Government.
- Land Clearance Authority or another quasi-governmental entity that operates under the supervision and control of, or as an agent of, a General Purpose Unit of Local Government.
- Government Entity Created by State Legislature.
- Regional Council established under governmental authority or group of General Purpose Units of Local Government established under Federal, state, or local law (e.g., councils of governments) to function as a single legal entity with authority to enter into binding agreements with the Federal Government.
- Redevelopment Agency that is chartered or otherwise sanctioned by a state.
- State
- Federally recognized Indian Tribe other than in Alaska.
- Nonprofit organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Limited liability corporation in which all managing members are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations or limited liability corporations whose sole members are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
- Limited partnership in which all general partners are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations or limited liability corporations whose sole members are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
- Qualified community development entity as defined in section 45D(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
