EPA Announces FY2021 Brownfields Program Grants RFP

Kathy Castagna
Kathy Castagna

EPA’s Brownfields Program provides funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. A brownfield site is defined as real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, controlled substances, petroleum or petroleum products, or is mine-scarred land.

The Brownfields Program will award approximately 10 Multipurpose Grants for a total of $8 million; 87 Assessment Grants for a total of $32 million; and 26 Cleanup Grants for a total of $13 million. See additional details on the Multipurpose, Assessment, RLF, and Cleanup (MARC) Grant Application Resources webpage.

Applications are due Wednesday, October 28, 2020 by 11:59 PM ET.

To apply, visit the following links on Grants.gov:
· FY2021 Brownfields Multipurpose Grant solicitation
· FY2021 Brownfields Assessment Grant solicitation
· FY2021 Brownfields Cleanup Grant solicitation