Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilots/Grants (BCRLF)

The Village at St. Anthony Falls redevelopment project in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, the cleanup of which was in part funded by the Hennepin County BCRLF Pilot.

Pilots and Fact Sheets

• BCRLF Fact Sheet
• View Brownfields Grantees by Name
• View Brownfields Grantees by Location

Guidelines and Policy

• Supplemental Funding for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants
• Discounted Loans Policy
• Grant Proposal Guidelines
• Transition Guidelines for existing BCRLF Pilots
• Administrative Manual
• BCRLF Marketing Guide and Tool Kit
• BCRLF Model Terms and Conditions
• Financial Structure of Cooperative Agreement Funds Under the BCRLF Program
• Clarification of Borrower Eligibility Under the BCRLF Program
• Clarification of Site Manager Role, "Lending to Yourself," and Obligation Requirements Under the BCRLF Program
• Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilots/Grants Success Stories

• RLF Supplemental Funding
  EPA is accepting requests for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grant (RLF) supplemental funding. Interested RLF grantees who have made at least one loan or subgrant should contact their Brownfields Regional Coordinators for specific information regarding application (see the Federal Register Notice below for contact information and further details).

2008 Awards

Supplemental Funding Award List - June 12, 2008

EPA News Release - June 12, 2008

2007 Awards

Supplemental Funding Award List- July 26, 2007

EPA News Release - July 26, 2007

2006 Awards

Supplemental Funding Award List - March 28, 2006

EPA News Release - March 28, 2006


Federal Register Notice: Availability of supplemental funding for EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants - December 1, 2005

• Discounted Loans Policy
  Federal Register Notice
  [PDF (76K) 2 pages]
  October 28, 2005
  
  
• Interested in Applying for Funding?
  EPA Brownfields RLF Grants
  [ PDF (359K) 2 Pages ]
  Publication Number: EPA-560-F-05-237
  November 2005
  
  
• Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilot Fact Sheet

Publication Number: EPA 500-F-01-324
[ HTML (13K) | PDF (264K) 3 pages ]
September 2001


EPA Web Error Notice
There was an error in the HTML version of the Transition Guidelines for Existing BCRLF Pilots. Applicants who used the HTML version of the Transition Guidelines for Existing BCRLF Pilots should contact their Regional Brownfields Coordinator.
December 17, 2002

• Transition Guidelines for existing BCRLF Pilots
  Publication Number: EPA-500-F-02-150
  [ HTML (13K) | PDF (453K) 51 pages ]
  October 2002
  Transition Open Season - October 2003 - March 2004. Existing Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund grantees should contact your EPA Region RLF contact if interested.

• RLF Administrative Manual

This manual specifically addresses the requirements for all RLF grants awarded under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfield Redevelopment Act (P.L 107-118, or Brownfields Law) signed on January 11, 2002, or only for previously awarded RLF cooperative agreement pilots that have formally transitioned to the new law requirements.
October 2004


Table of Contents [ PDF (506K) 8 pages ] Introduction [ PDF (590K) 6 pages ] Chapter 1 [ PDF (661K) 10 pages ] Chapter 2 [ PDF (776 K) 14 pages ] Chapter 3 [ PDF (734K) 18 pages ] Chapter 4 [ PDF (1.2M) 18 pages ] Chapter 5 [ PDF (904K) 26 pages

Chapter 6 [ PDF (1M) 18 pages ] Chapter 7 [ PDF (456K) 2 pages ] Chapter 8 [ PDF (602K) 8 pages ] Chapter 9 [ PDF (649K) 12 pages ] Checklists [ PDF (1M) 20 pages ] Appendices [ PDF (917K) 64 pages ]


BCRLF Administrative Manual
This manual specifically addresses the requirements for all RLF grants awarded under CERCLA 104(d) authority before 2003.


• Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Marketing Guide and Tool Kit
  Publication Number: EPA 500-R-00-006
  [ PDF (1,244K) 64 pages ]
  May 2000
  
  
• Revolving Loan Fund Model Terms and Conditions 
  Publication Number: EPA 500-B-98-002
  [ HTML (139K) | PDF (241K) 19 pages ]
  October 1998
• Financial Structure of Cooperative Agreement Funds Under the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund (BCRLF) Program - Timothy Fields, Jr.
  Memorandum
  [ HTML (34K) | PDF (304K) 13 Pages ]
  January 10, 2001
• Clarification of Borrower Eligibility Under the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Program - Timothy Fields, Jr.
  Memorandum
  [ HTML (4K) | PDF (9K) 2 Pages ]
  September 5, 2000
• Clarification of Site Manager (On-scene coordinator) Role, "Lending to Yourself," and Obligation Requirements Under the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Program - Linda Garczynski
  Memorandum
  [ HTML (14K) | PDF (35K) 4 Pages ]
  July 7, 2000