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EPA FY27 Community-wide Brownfield Assessment Grants for States and Tribes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking state and Tribal applicants for community-wide brownfield assessment funding. - Government buyer: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization (OBLR). - Opportunity: FY27 Community-wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes; grant identifier EPA-OLEM-OBLR-26-04. - Funding: Approximately $12 million in total program funding, with about 12 awards anticipated and requests capped at $1 million per applicant. - Eligible applicants: Qualifying state agencies, federally recognized Tribes and eligible Intertribal Consortia, Alaska Native Regional and Village Corporations, and the Metlakatla Indian Community. - Supported work: Brownfield inventories and prioritization, community involvement, planning, environmental site assessments, and site-specific cleanup and reuse plans. Grant funds cannot pay for cleanup work, and some funding must support assessments. - Project requirements: Address at least three target areas and five priority sites, and assess at least 10 sites. Site-specific activities are generally capped at $200,000 per eligible site; EPA may waive the cap up to $350,000. - Performance period: Expected five-year project period. - OEMs and vendors: No commercial OEMs or vendors are identified. No specific products or hardware are requested.

Description

The EPA is soliciting applications for Community-wide Brownfield Assessment Grants for States and Tribes. Grants support brownfield site inventories, prioritization, community involvement and planning, site assessments, and site-specific cleanup and reuse plans; grant funds may not be used for cleanup activities. Applicants may request up to $1,000,000, and recipients must assess at least 10 sites within their geographic boundaries. Site-specific activities at each approved eligible site may not exceed $200,000.

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