Brownfields and Land Revitalization

Assessment grants provide funding for a grant recipient to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct planning and community involvement related to brownfields sites. An eligible entity may apply for up to $200,000 to assess a site contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum) and up to $200,000 to address a site contaminated by petroleum. Applicants may seek a waiver of the $200,00 limit and request up to $350,000 for a site contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants and up to $350,000 to assess a site contaminated by petroleum. Such waivers must be based on the anticipated level of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum) at a single site. A coalition of three or more eligible applicants can submit one grant proposal under the name of one of the coalition members for up to $ 1,000,000. The performance period for these grants is three years.

Interested in Applying for Funding?
EPA Brownfields Assessment Grants (PDF) (2 pp, 264K, about PDF)
Publication Number: EPA-560-F-05-236
August 2009

Fact Sheets

• Fact Sheets for Brownfields Grant Awardees
• Fact Sheet on Assessment Coalitions (PDF) (2 pp, 25K, about PDF)

Guidelines and Resources

• Most Recent Grant Proposal Guidelines
• All Appropriate Inquiry
• Assessment Coalitions Memorandum of Agreement (PDF) (2 pp, 10K, about PDF)
• Assessment Grantee Success Stories