Revolving Loan Fund Pilot/Grants
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Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grants provide funding for a grant recipient to capitalize a revolving loan fund and to provide subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites. Through these grants, EPA seeks to strengthen the marketplace and encourage stakeholders to leverage the resources needed to clean up and redevelop brownfields. When loans are repaid, the loan amount is returned into the fund and re-lent to other borrowers, providing an ongoing source of capital within a community.
Interested in Applying for Funding?
EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants (PDF) (2 pp, 359K)
EPA Brownfields RLF Grants
Publication Number: EPA-560-F-05-237
April 2009
Fact Sheets
- Fact Sheets for Brownfields Grant Awardees
- Unlocking Brownfields Redevelopment: Establishing a Local Revolving Loan Fund Program
Guidelines and Resources
- Recovery Act Funds to Supplement Eligible Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants
- Discounted Loans Policy
- Grant Proposal Guidelines
- BCRLF Marketing Guide and Tool Kit
- RLF Grantee Success Stories
- Pre-2003 BCRLF Information
- Recovery Act Funds to Supplement Eligible Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants
EPA is announcing the availability of an estimated $40 million in Recovery Act funds to supplement eligible brownfields revolving loan fund (RLF) grants. Grants eligible to request Recovery Act supplemental funds are brownfields RLF grants that have been previously awarded competitively under Section 104(k)(3) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or that have transitioned to Section 104(k)(3) of CERCLA, and subject to other identified criteria. Requests for funding must be postmarked and received by email by May 1, 2009. Specific information on eligible entities and submitting a request for Recovery Act supplemental RLF funding is available in the Federal Register Notice, Process and Consideration Guidelines (PDF) (6 pp, 178K), or can be obtained by contacting the EPA Brownfields Contact for your region. - Unlocking Brownfields Redevelopment: Establishing a Local Revolving Loan Fund Program, Brownfields Solution Series (PDF) (6 pp, 263K)
This Brownfields Solutions Series factsheet provides an overview to those interested in applying for an RLF grant, and information to new RLF grantees on how to establish an RLF program.
Publication Number: EPA-560-F-08-280
August 2008 - Discounted Loans Policy
With the signing of the Brownfields Law, new RLF grants, awarded under 104(k) from FY2003 forward, were left with no provision for the use of discounted loans. This policy meets this need, giving RLF grantees additional options to achieve cleanup goals, in keeping with prudent lending practices.
Federal Register Notice
October 28, 2005 - Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Marketing Guide and Tool Kit (PDF) (64 pp, 1,244K)
Publication Number: EPA 500-R-00-006
May 2000
- Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilot Fact Sheet (PDF) (3 pp, 264K)
Publication Number: EPA 500-F-01-324
September 2001 - Transition Guidelines for existing BCRLF Pilots (PDF) (51 pp, 453K)
Publication Number: EPA-500-F-02-150
October 2002 - Memorandum: Financial Structure of Cooperative Agreement Funds Under the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund (BCRLF) Program - Timothy Fields, Jr. (PDF) (13 pp, 304K)
January 10, 2001 - Memorandum: Clarification of Borrower Eligibility Under the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Program - Timothy Fields, Jr.
September 5, 2000 - Memorandum: Clarification of Site Manager (On-scene coordinator) Role, "Lending to Yourself," and Obligation Requirements Under the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Program - Linda Garczynski
July 7, 2000