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Brownfields Tools and Resources

Brownfields Funding Information

The Brownfield Funding Information link provides access to the national competition application deadlines for brownfields assessment, cleanup, revolving loan funds, job training, and technical assistance grants. 

Economics

The Economics page provides access to additional grants management information for current or prospective Region 7 grantees.

Brownfields Technology Support Center

Local and state government personnel, EPA staff, and tribes may request site-specific support for brownfields and Superfund sites from the BTSC at no cost. Nongovernment organizations are limited to information requests only. Assistance may include innovative site investigation and cleanup technologies and strategies at brownfields sites.
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Access Federal Government Grants Online

Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 federal grant-making agencies.

All Appropriate Inquiry

The Small Business Liability Relief and Revitalization Act (the Brownfields Law) clarifies CERCLA liability provisions for certain landowners and potential property owners. The Brownfields Law provides liability protections for certain property owners, if the property owners comply with certain provisions, including conducting all appropriate inquiry into present and past uses of the property and the potential presence of environmental contamination on the property. The Brownfields Law amends Section 101(35)(B) of CERCLA to include an interim standard for conducting all appropriate inquiry and requires EPA to promulgate regulations that establish federal standards and practices for conducting all appropriate inquiry.

SMARTe

Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools electronic, known to its friends as SMARTe Exit EPA disclaimer, is an open-source, Web-based, decision support system for developing and evaluating future reuse scenarios for potentially contaminated land. It contains guidance and analysis tools for all aspects of the revitalization process including planning, environmental, economic, and social concerns.

TAB EZ

Kansas State University (KSU) has developed a software tool called "TAB EZ" that can assist communities who are applying for assessment and cleanup grants under EPA's Fiscal Year 2009 Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup (ARC) grant competition. TAB EZ was developed by KSU and CABEM Technologies, Inc., as a public service and is available free of charge to anyone nationwide. More information Exit EPA

Federal Brownfields Funding Sources

EPA Region 7 and Headquarters Brownfields Publications

EPA Region 7 Publications
EPA Headquarters Brownfields Publications

Brownfields Workshop

Brownfields Grant Workshop October 2006 [PDF] (192 pp., 4.7 MB)

Other Brownfields-related Tools

Laws and Regulations
EPA National Brownfields Tools
Northeast-Midwest Institute's Guide to Federal Brownfields Programs Exit EPA disclaimer
The Midwest Hazardous Substance Research Center Exit EPA disclaimer
Mid-America Regional Council Exit EPA disclaimer
Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities Exit EPA disclaimer

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