Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA OLEM OBLR 23 12
The FY24 Guidelines for Brownfield Assessment Grants (Community-Wide Assessment Grants) is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding opportunity that helps communities identify, evaluate, and plan for the reuse of brownfield properties, meaning sites where redevelopment may be complicated by actual or perceived environmental contamination. The legal foundation for the program comes from the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as updated by the 2002 Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, which added CERCLA Section 104(k) to authorize federal financial assistance for brownfields work. The program was later reauthorized and further updated by the 2018 Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development (BUILD) Act, which adjusted EPA brownfield authorities and clarified certain ownership and liability provisions that affect how projects can move forward. In practical terms, this opportunity is part of EPA's broader Brownfields Program, which is designed to help states, tribal nations, communities, and nonprofit organizations prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites in ways that support local revitalization.
This specific solicitation focuses on Community-Wide Assessment Grants, which generally support activities like developing inventories of brownfield sites, conducting environmental assessments, and generating the information needed to make informed redevelopment decisions. While the notice text provided does not list individual eligible entity types in detail, the opportunity is structured to serve public and community-driven applicants and points readers to additional eligibility clarification in the full guidance. The grant is offered as a discretionary award and uses a cooperative agreement instrument, which typically means EPA expects to have substantial involvement during the project period compared to a standard grant (for example, coordination on work plans, adherence to program requirements, and ongoing technical or administrative interaction).
Key administrative details include the Funding Opportunity Number EPA OLEM OBLR 23 12, with funding classified under the Environment activity category and CFDA (now often referred to as Assistance Listing) number 66.818. The EPA anticipated making about 60 awards under this announcement, with an award ceiling of $500,000 per award. The opportunity was posted on September 21, 2023, and the original application deadline was November 13, 2023. Overall, the grant is intended to give communities the resources to take early, critical steps in the brownfield pipeline, particularly site identification and assessment work, so that properties that have been underused or stalled due to contamination concerns can be positioned for cleanup, redevelopment, and productive reuse.Apply for EPA OLEM OBLR 23 12
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY24 GUIDELINES FOR BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT GRANTS (COMMUNITY-WIDE ASSESSMENT GRANTS)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.818.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 21, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 13, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 60 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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