Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA OLEM OBLR 17 07
The FY18 Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment Grants (Funding Opportunity Number EPA-OLEM-OBLR-17-07) is a discretionary U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding opportunity released under the authority of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118). That law directs EPA to publish guidance for grants that help communities address brownfield sites, which are generally properties where redevelopment or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of contamination. Through EPA's Brownfields Program, these grants are meant to help communities take the early, practical steps needed to identify problems, understand risks, and position properties for cleanup and productive reuse.
This particular announcement is focused only on Assessment Grants. In other words, the funding is aimed at activities that help applicants prevent and inventory brownfields, and then assess them to determine the nature and extent of contamination and related redevelopment challenges. The program emphasis is on empowering states, local communities, tribes, and nonprofits to move properties from uncertainty toward actionable plans by supporting tasks like site identification, preliminary investigations, and more detailed environmental assessments. The intent is to reduce barriers to revitalization by generating the information needed to make informed decisions about cleanup approaches, liability considerations, and future land use.
The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically means EPA expects to have substantial involvement during the project period compared with a standard grant. The activity category is environmental, and the opportunity is listed under CFDA number 66.818. While the eligibility field is summarized as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," the narrative makes clear the program is designed to support states, communities, tribes, and nonprofits as core participants in brownfield revitalization efforts, with eligibility details provided in the full announcement.
For FY18, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $600,000 and anticipates making about 145 awards, indicating a relatively broad national competition with many awards expected. The notice was created on September 18, 2017, with an original closing date of November 16, 2017, and applicants are directed to consult the full announcement for the exact submission requirements and any additional instructions.
The announcement also clarifies what it is not funding. Applicants looking for support to actually perform cleanup work or to establish revolving loan funds are pointed to separate, related EPA funding announcements: EPA-OLEM-OBLR-17-08 for Revolving Loan Fund Grant Guidelines and EPA-OLEM-OBLR-17-09 for Cleanup Grant Guidelines. Those are posted separately on Grants.gov and on EPA's brownfields grant funding webpage, and they cover different phases of the brownfields pipeline.Apply for EPA OLEM OBLR 17 07
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY18 GUIDELINES FOR BROWNFIELDS 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 18, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 16, 2017 Please see the announcement for additional submission information.. (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 $600,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 145 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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