Successful 2011 Brownfield RLF Proposals

Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grants provide funding for a grant recipient to capitalize a revolving loan fund and to provide subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites. Through these grants, EPA seeks to strengthen the marketplace and encourage stakeholders to leverage the resources needed to clean up and redevelop brownfields. When loans are repaid, the loan amount is returned into the fund and re-lent to other borrowers, providing an ongoing source of capital within a community.

Interested in Applying for Funding?
EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants (PDF) (2 pp, 296K)
EPA Brownfields RLF Grants
Publication Number: EPA-560-F-05-237
August 2009

2011 RLF Grant Awardees

Akron, OH

Bear Paw Development Corporation of Northern Montana, MT - PROPOSAL

Brea Redevelopment Agency, CA

Capital Regional Development Council, NH

Central Florida Regional Planning Council, FL

Goshen, IN - PROPOSAL

Kalispell, MT

Kennebec Valley Council of Governments, ME

Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, MI

Portland, OR

Tallahassee, FL

West Allis, WI

Windham Regional Commission, VT - PROPOSAL

Guidelines and Resources

• Most Recent Grant Proposal Guidelines
• RLF Grantee Success Stories
• Unlocking Brownfields Redevelopment: Establishing a Local Revolving Loan Fund Program
  
  
• FY 2011 Funds to Supplement Eligible Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants
  EPA is announcing the availability of an estimated $8 million in FY 2011 funds to supplement eligible Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grants. Grants eligible to request supplemental funds are Brownfields RLF grants that have been previously awarded competitively under Section 104(k)(3) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or that have transitioned to Section 104(k)(3) of CERCLA, and subject to other identified criteria. Requests for funding must be postmarked by February 17, 2011. Specific information on eligible entities and criteria for submitting a request for supplemental RLF funding can be obtained by contacting the EPA Brownfields Coordinator for your region.
  • Federal Register Notice
    January 18, 2011
  • FY11 RLF Supplemental Funding Process Memo (PDF) (3 pp, 39K)
    January 18, 2011
  
  
• Unlocking Brownfields Redevelopment: Establishing a Local Revolving Loan Fund Program, Brownfields Solution Series (PDF) (6 pp, 263K)
  This Brownfields Solutions Series factsheet provides an overview to those interested in applying for an RLF grant, and information to new RLF grantees on how to establish an RLF program.
  Publication Number: EPA-560-F-08-280
  August 2008
• Discounted Loans Policy
  With the signing of the Brownfields Law, new RLF grants, awarded under 104(k) from FY2003 forward, were left with no provision for the use of discounted loans. This policy meets this need, giving RLF grantees additional options to achieve cleanup goals, in keeping with prudent lending practices.
  Federal Register Notice
  October 28, 2005

Successful 2011 Brownfield Community Wide Assessment Grants

Assessments

Assessment grants provide funding for a grant recipient to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct planning and community involvement related to brownfields sites. An eligible entity may apply for up to $200,000 to assess a site contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum) and up to $200,000 to address a site contaminated by petroleum. Applicants may seek a waiver of the $200,00 limit and request up to $350,000 for a site contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants and up to $350,000 to assess a site contaminated by petroleum. Such waivers must be based on the anticipated level of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum) at a single site. A coalition of three or more eligible applicants can submit one grant proposal under the name of one of the coalition members for up to $ 1,000,000. The performance period for these grants is three years.

Interested in Applying for Funding?
EPA Brownfields Assessment Grants (PDF) (2 pp, 264K, about PDF)
Publication Number: EPA-560-F-05-236
August 2009

2011 Assessment Grant Awardees

Albion Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, MI

Bear Paw Development Corporation of Northern Montana

Belfast, ME - PROPOSAL

Carlin, NV - PROPOSAL

Charleston County, SC

Cheyenne, WY

Chisholm, MN

City of Wilmington, NC

Danville, IL

Decatur, IL

Duluth, MN

Elizabeth, NJ - PROPOSAL

Elkhart County, IN

Ellensburg, WA

Energize-ECI Regional Planning District, IN

Fort Wayne, IN

Franklin Regional Council of Governments, MA - PROPOSAL

Fredericksburg, VA - PROPOSAL

Fresno Redevelopment Agency, CA - PROPOSAL

Goshen, IN - PROPOSAL

Great Northern Development Corporation, MT

Greater Portland Council of Governments, ME

Gulfport, MS - PROPOSAL

Inkster, MI

Janesville, WI

Knoxville, TN

Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, KY

Los Angeles, CA

Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government, KY

Manitowoc, WI - PROPOSAL

Marinette County, WI

Maurice River Township, NJ

Medina, OH

Mesa, AZ - PROPOSAL

Metropolitan Area Planning Agency, NE

Montcalm County, MI

Mt. Shasta, CA

New Albany Redevelopment Commission, IN

Newark, NJ

Niagara County, NY - PROPOSAL

North Side Industrial Development Company, Inc., PA

Northern Rocky Mountain Resource Conservation &Development Area, Inc., MT

Nye County, NV

Orange County, FL

Pasco County, FL

Portland, OR - PROPOSAL

Prichard, AL

Pulaski County, AR - PROPOSAL

Quitman, MS

Racine, WI

Ramsey County, MN

Region III-A Development and Regional Planning Commission, IN

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, RI

Rochester, NY - PROPOSAL

Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization, FL

South Central Planning & Development Commission, LA - PROPOSAL

Stratford, CT

Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, FL

Trenton, NJ

Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments, NC - PROPOSAL

Vincennes, IN - PROPOSAL

Wabash, IN

Washington, Redevelopment Authority of the County of, PA - PROPOSAL

Wauchula, FL

West Florida Regional Planning Council, FL

Williamston, NC - PROPOSAL

Windham Regional Commission, VT

Guidelines and Resources

• Most Recent Grant Proposal Guidelines
• All Appropriate Inquiry
• Fact Sheet on Assessment Coalitions (PDF) (2 pp, 25K, about PDF)
• Assessment Coalitions Memorandum of Agreement (PDF) (2 pp, 10K, about PDF)
• Assessment Grantee Success Stories

Successful 2011 Brownfield Area-Wide Planning Grants

2011 Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot Project Fact Sheets and Project Websites

• Atlanta, GA (PDF) (1 pg, 182K)
• http://www.AtlantaBrownfieldPrograms.com
• Aurora, CO (PDF) (1 pg, 182K)
• www.montviewcommunityplan.org 
• Cleveland, OH (PDF) (1 pg, 183K)
• Communities for a Better Environment, Huntington Park, CA (PDF) (1 pg, 227K)
• Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, WA (PDF) (1 pg, 195K)
• Denver, CO (PDF) (1 pg, 181K)
• Desarrollo Integral del Sur, Inc. (for Municipalities of Peñuelas and Guayanilla, PR) (PDF) (1 pg, 206K)
• Spanish Page http://www.disur.org/es/node/271
• English Page http://www.disur.org/en/node/285
• Goshen, IN (PDF) (1 pg, 139K)
• http://www.development-concepts.com/goshen
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/9th-Street-Corridor-Planning-Project/147459311988761
• Ironbound Community Corporation, Newark, NJ (PDF) (1 pg, 196K)
• http://iccbrownfieldredevelopment.wordpress.com/ 
• Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, San Diego, CA (PDF) (1 pg, 197K)
• PROPOSAL
  
• Kalispell, MT (PDF) (1 pg, 200K)
• http://kalispell.com/community_economic_development/brownfield_program.php 
• Kansas City, MO (PDF) (1 pg, 191K)
• http://municipalfarmkc.com/
• Lowell, MA (PDF) (1 pg, 189K)
• Monaca, PA (PDF) (1 pg, 204K)
• http://www.ohioriverbrownfields.com/
• San Francisco Parks Alliance (formerly Neighborhood Parks Council), CA(PDF) (1 pg, 199K)
• http://bluegreenway.org/
• PROPOSAL
• New Bern, NC (PDF) (1 pg, 201K)
• www.newbernrenaissance.com
• PROPOSAL 
• Ogdensburg, NY (PDF) (1 pg, 212K)
• http://ogdensburg.wikispot.org
• Phoenix, AZ (PDF) (1 pg, 193K)
• http://phoenix.gov/greenphoenix/land/brownfields/delrio/index.html
• Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (for Chicopee, MA) (PDF) (1 pg, 200K)
• http://pvpc.org/brownfields/Chicopee_West_End.html
• http://www.chicopeema.gov/page.php?id=2099
• Ranson, WV (PDF) (1 pg, 198K)
• www.ransonrenewed.com
• Roanoke, VA (PDF) (1 pg, 197K)
• http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/vwContentByKey/N28DWLVZ122BTFKEN
• Sanford, ME (PDF) (1 pg, 200K)
• Tulsa, OK (PDF) (1 pg, 201K)

REFERENCE
2010 Request for Proposals (RFP) and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• Request for Proposals — Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot Program
• Frequently Asked Questions — (UPDATED 5-24-10) Request for Proposals (RFP) - Questions and Answers (PDF) (18 pp, 100K)

Successful 2011 Brownfield Cleanup Grant Proposals

2011 Brownfield Cleanup Grant Awardees

Addison, WV - PROPOSAL

Arlington, IA

Ashland, WI

Augusta, ME

Bartlett Place Land, Inc., Boston, MA

Blue Island, IL

Bristol, NH

Brownfield Redevelopment Corporation of Marshall, TX - PROPOSAL

Canton, ME

Chicago Housing Authority, IL

Colville Reservation, Confederated Tribes of the, MT

Community Environmental Company, LLC, SC

Community Improvement Association of Madison, AR - PROPOSAL

Concord, NH

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, MT - PROPOSAL

Council Bluffs, IA - PROPOSAL

Covington, KY - PROPOSAL

Cullman, AL

Dalton Redevelopment Authority, MA

Daytona Beach, FL

Development Authority of the City of Vienna, GA - PROPOSAL

Duluth Economic Development Authority, MN - PROPOSAL

East Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency, CA

Gila River Indian Community, AZ

Huachuca City, AZ

Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, CA

Jefferson County Development Authority, WV - PROPOSAL

Jersey City Redevelopment Agency, NJ

Jersey City, NJ

Lakewood Housing Authority, CO - PROPOSAL

Lancaster Port Authority, OH

Lenawee County, MI - PROPOSAL

Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, CA - PROPOSAL

Mantua Township, NJ

Marlborough, MA

Milwaukee Redevelopment Authority (RACM), WI

New Opportunities Economic Development Corporation, CT

Newark, NJ - PROPOSAL

Northville, MI

Plant City Community Redevelopment Agency, FL

Police Activity League of Waterbury, Inc., CT - PROPOSAL

Public Building Commission of Chicago, IL

Ranson, WV - PROPOSAL

Rochester, NY

Rome, NY

Romeoville, IL

Saint Paul, MN - PROPOSAL

Somerville, MA

Southern Carolina Regional Development Alliance, SC - PROPOSAL

Spencer County, IN

Springfield, MA

Springfield, MO - PROPOSAL

Symphony Park Master Association, NV - PROPOSAL

Trenton, NJ - PROPOSAL

Valley, AL

West Allis Community Development Authority, WI

Work, Inc., Quincy, MA - PROPOSAL

Guidelines and Resources

• Most Recent Grant Proposal Guidelines
• All Appropriate Inquiry
• Cleanup Success Stories