[CPEO-BIF] EPA Announcement - Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants

[Lenny Siegel]

U.S. EPA has announced a new competition for Brownfields Assessment, 
Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants. To download the 92-page 
Guidelines document as a 2.8 MB PDF file, go to
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/grants/epa-oswer-obcr-07-01.pdf.
Grants resulting from this announcement will not involve geospatial 
information.

RFP# EPA-OSWER-OBCR-07-01 - Closing Date:  December 8, 2006. "Proposal 
Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup 
Grants" The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields 
Revitalization Act ("Brownfields Law" or "the Law", P.L. 107-118) 
requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish 
guidance to assist applicants in preparing proposals for grants to 
address brownfield sites.  This Law defines a brownfield site as "real 
property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be 
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous 
substance, pollutant, or contaminant," as defined in the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
§101(39), as amended (CERCLA). The Law further defines the term 
"brownfield site" to include a site that "is contaminated by a 
controlled substance...; is contaminated by petroleum or a petroleum 
product excluded from the definition of 'hazardous substance'...; is 
mine-scarred land."

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org