Communities in 43 states, 2 Tribal Nations and 2 territories will share over $74 million in EPA Brownfields grants

These communities will share over $74 million in EPA Brownfields grants to help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem properties to productive community use. Since the beginning of the Brownfields program, EPA has awarded 1255 assessment grants totaling $298.6 million, 230 revolving loan fund grants totaling $217.7 million, and 426 cleanup grants totaling $78.7 million.

• EPA News Release
  April 7, 2008
• List of New Assessment, Cleanup, and Revolving Loan Fund Grant Awards
  • Sorted by State with Links to Fact Sheets
  • Sorted by EPA Region with Links to Fact Sheets
  • Printer-Friendly List Sorted by EPA Region (PDF) (15 pp, 51KB, about PDF)

Draft FY2009 Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup Grant Guidelines

Draft FY2009 Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup Grant Guidelines. Please note that these draft guidelines are subject to change. Organizations interested in applying for Brownfields funding must follow the instructions contained in the final guidelines that EPA publishes in late summer 2008.

• Draft FY2009 Brownfields Assessment Grant Guidelines (PDF) (82 pp, 337K, about PDF)


• Draft FY2009 Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grant Guidelines (PDF) (82 pp, 320K, about PDF)


• Draft FY2009 Brownfields Cleanup Grant Guidelines (PDF) (90 pp, 349K, about PDF)

Fact Sheet on Changes to Brownfields Assessment, RLF, and Cleanup Grant Guidelines (2 pp, 424K, about PDF)

Request for Applications for Brownfields Training, Research and Technical Assistance Projects

EPA announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities and nonprofit organizations to provide training, research and technical assistance to communities facing brownfield cleanup and redevelopment challenges. EPA is particularly interested in projects in the areas of protection of human heath and the environment, sustainable development, and equitable development. The proposal deadline is May 1, 2008. More information

Fiscal Year 2008 Brownfields Job Training Grants Announced

Thirteen communities in 10 states will share more than $2.5 million in job training grants geared toward cleaning up contaminated properties and turning them into productive community assets. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under its Brownfields Initiative, is awarding grants of up to $200,000 each to non-profit organizations, local governments, a university, and a tribe. The grants will teach environmental assessment and cleanup job skills to individuals living in low-income areas near brownfields sites in Ala., Calif., La., Mass., N.C., Nev., N.Y., Okla., Pa., and Wash.

See Press Release for more information

Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities (TAB)

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency recently selected four new TAB grantees. The TAB grantees include the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Enterprise Corporation of the Delta, Kansas State University, and the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR). The TAB grantees will help communities tackle the challenge of cleaning up and redeveloping brownfield sites by providing geographically-based technical assistance and training to communities and other stakeholders on brownfield issues. More information

Funding Guidance for State and Tribal Response Programs for Fiscal Year 2008

Section 128(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended, authorizes a noncompetitive $50 million grant program to establish and enhance state and tribal response programs. Generally, these response programs address the assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfields sites and other sites with actual or perceived contamination. Section 128(a) cooperative agreements are awarded and administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional offices. This document provides guidance that will enable states and tribes to apply for and use Fiscal Year 2008 Section 128(a) funds. Requests for funding will be accepted from December 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008. More information.

Financing Brownfields: State Program Highlights

A new report is available featuring highlights of more than 50 different state programs supporting brownfields financing. More information

FY08 Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants

These grants may be used to address sites contaminated by petroleum and hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum). Opportunities for funding are as follows: Brownfields Assessment Grants (each funded up to $200,000 over three years), Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants (each funded up to $1,000,000 over five years) and Brownfields Cleanup Grants (each funded up to $200,000 over three years). The proposal deadline is October 12, 2007. More information.

Brownfields Job Training Grants

This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities and non-profit organizations to provide environmental job training projects that will facilitate the assessment, remediation, or preparation of brownfield sites. The closing date and time for receipt of applications is October 19, 2007, 5:00 p.m. EDT. More information

Registration Now Open for the 2008 Brownfields Conference

With nearly 6,000 attendees, over 150 educational sessions, more than 200 exhibitors and unrivaled networking events, the U.S. EPA and ICMA co-sponsored National Brownfields Conference is the premier event of its kind. Join us May 5-7, 2008 at the Cobo Convention Center in Detroit, MI. To learn more about the conference and events, please visit the ICMA's Brownfields 2008 website