SOUTHWEST GEORGIA REGIONAL COMMISSION JUNE 27 , 2019 EPA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Presented to: SOUTHWEST GEORGIA REGIONAL COMMISSION JUNE 27 , 2019 EPA BROWNFIELDS GRANTS : A. Planning B. Assessments C. Cleanup D. Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund The list is the most sort after Brownfields funding by
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SOUTHWEST GEORGIA REGIONAL COMMISSION
JUNE 27, 2019
◼ EPA BROWNFIELDS GRANTS:
◆A.
Planning
◆B.
Assessments
◆C.
Cleanup
◆D.
Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund The list is the most sort after Brownfields funding by eligible applicants.
◼ Brownfields Redevelopment Program
◆What are Brownfields?
◼ Program Benefits
◆Brownfield areas ◆Brownfield sites
◼ Brownfield technical and financial tools ◼ Information and Contacts
◼ Brownfield Area - a contiguous area of real properties
consisting of one or more sites (parcels), impacted with petroleum or hazardous contamination some of which may not be contaminated with petroleum products or hazardous material.
◼ Brownfields Site - a single parcel of vacant or
improved real property. Brownfield areas or sites may be identified by local government or community stakeholders.
Brownfields may include all or portions of community redevelopment areas, empowerment zones, or other such designated economically deprive communities and areas.
MYTHS
Super erfund fund sites es are e brownf wnfie ields lds, , or brownf wnfie ields lds are Super erfu fund nd sites es.
FACT FACT: Und nder er the the st stat atutory utory def defini initi tion
brownfi field elds do do not
in incl clude ude Super uperfu fund nd sit sites on
the Na Nati tional nal Pr Priori ioriti ties es Lis List (N (NPL) PL). A smal small numb number er of
uperfund nd sit sites, s, app approxi roximat matel ely 1,200 00, ha have been been desig designat ated ed NPL NPL sit sites and and are are ma managed naged under nder a more re elabor aborat ate process cess th than an mos
wnfiel ield site tes.
Brownf wnfiel ields ds are e only ly an urban ban proble lem. m.
FA FACT CT: Contam
inated ted pro propert perties ies affec ffect nea nearly ly every ry town town, lar large ge and and sma mall
Smal all and and ru rura ral commu
ities ies are re im impacte acted not
ly by by for
mer indus industria rial site sites, s, but but by by cl clos
ed gas as stat atio ions, ns, dry dry clean leaners, rs, old dumps, umps, conta
mina nated ted ra rail yar yards, ds, min ine-sca carr rred lands, ands, ag agricultura icultural wa waste tes such uch as as pest pestic icides des, and and many many other
chall lleng
Many EPA PA bro rownf wnfield ield Grants rants have have bee been aw awar arde ded to to com
munities wi with th le less than than 10 10,000 000 people.
MYTHS
Brownf wnfiel ields ds are e all large, ge, former er indust dustri rial al or manu nufact actur urin ing g sites es.
FACT: While some brownf nfiel ields ds are large former industr trial al sites, the majority ty of t the estima mate ted 500, 0,000 000 to 1 1 m million brownf nfields ields in the United ted States tes are small propert rties ies like dry cleane aners rs, vacant nt lots, or gas stati tions ns.
A site e must actual tually ly be c e contam ntaminat inated ed to be c e cons nside idere red d a brownf wnfie ield. ld.
FACT : The perce cepti tion
t a propert rty may be c conta tami minated nated can be just t as great at a ba barrier to re redevelo velopm pment nt as actual al contam amin inat atio ion. n.
Therefo fore re, , sites s where Contamina aminati tion
ly perceiv eived, ed, and site condi ditio tions ns are unkno known, wn, are still l co conside sidere red d brownfiel nfields. ds.
◼ A Redevelopment tool that
can facilitate:
◆ Historic Preservation ◆ Economic development ◆ Community development ◆ Residential projects, and ◆ Open-Space/ Green-Space projects
and
◆ Reduction of public health and environmental hazards ◆ Removal of stigma ◆ Promoting effective use of community resources
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EPA’s Brownfields Program provides funds to empower states, communities, tribes and nonprofits to prevent, inventory, assess and clean up brownfield properties.
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EPA provides brownfields funding for four catagories of grants:
1.
Brownfields Assessment Grants – provide funds to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct planning (including cleanup planning) and community involvement related to brownfield sites.
2.
Brownfields Cleanup Grants – provides funds to carry out cleanup activities at a specific brownfield site owned by the applicant.
3.
Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) – provides funds for a grant recipient to capitalize a revolving fund and to make loans and provide sub-grants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites.
Coalition Assessment Grants
◼ Up to $600,000 for petroleum and/or
hazardous substances
◼ No waiver of funding limit ◼ Maximum amount per grant $600,000 ◼ Coalition consist of three or more eligible
entities
◼ Coalition members may not apply for an
individual community-wide or site-specific grant, or as part of another coalition.
Grant program, $200,000, provides funding for
recipients to develop an area-wide plan for assessing, cleaning up and reusing catalyst/high priority brownfield sites. Funding is used for a specific project area, such as a neighborhood, downtown district, local commercial corridor, old industrial corridor, community waterfront or city block, affected by a single large brownfield site or multiple brownfield sites.
The Brownfields Law expands eligibility for brownfields funding by broadening the entities eligible for funding by permitting the award for: Assessment and cleanup grants for nonprofit
Non-Profit Organization 501(C)(3)
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PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORIC RESOURCES THROUGH BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT