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EPA FY27 Brownfield Assessment Coalition Grants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking applicants for FY27 Brownfield Assessment Coalition Grants to support assessment and reuse planning for brownfield sites. - Government buyer: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization (OBLR). - Funding opportunity: EPA anticipates about 13 cooperative agreements, with approximately $13 million in total funding; each eligible lead may request up to $1 million. - Coalition requirements: One eligible lead entity must partner with two to four eligible organizations that lack capacity to manage their own EPA cooperative agreement and would otherwise lack access to Brownfields grant resources. - Supported work: Brownfield inventories and prioritization, community involvement, reuse and area-wide planning, environmental site assessments, and site-specific cleanup and reuse planning. Cleanup activities are not eligible. - Assessment requirements: Coalitions must assess at least two sites within each member’s geographic boundary. Site-specific activities are generally capped at $200,000 per approved eligible site. - OEMs and vendors: None identified.

Description

The EPA is soliciting applications for Assessment Coalition Grants to prevent, inventory, assess, and plan for cleanup and reuse of brownfield sites. A coalition consists of one eligible lead entity partnering with two to four eligible entities; the lead submits one application and may request up to $1,000,000. Funding supports inventories, prioritization, community involvement, planning, site assessments, and cleanup and reuse plans, but cannot be used for cleanup activities. Coalitions must assess at least two sites within each member’s geographic boundary, and site-specific activities at each approved site are capped at $200,000.

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