FY10 Guidelines for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants
OVERVIEW
AGENCY:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
TITLE:
Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants
ACTION:
Request for Proposals
RFP NO:
EPA-OSWER-OBLR-09-06
CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE (CFDA) NO.: 66.818
DATES:
Proposals are due October 16, 2009. Proposals may be sent through the U.S.
Postal Service, commercial delivery service, or electronically to
bfcompetition@epa.gov. Only one method should be used for the submission of
the original, complete proposal package. Proposals sent through the U.S. Postal
Service or via a commercial delivery service must be postmarked by October 16,
2009. Proposals sent electronically must be received by bfcompetition@epa.gov
by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on October 16, 2009. Please refer to Section IV.B,
Due Date and Mailing Instructions, for further instructions.
SUMMARY: 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. EPA’s 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 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 i