Environmental Protection Agency: Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities (US)

Deadline: 22-Dec-20

The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking applications for the Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities.

The EPA’s Brownfields Program is built upon four basic goals and principles – protecting the environment, partnering for success, stimulating the marketplace, and promoting sustainable reuse. EPA is committed to supporting technical assistance that will further the goals of the program and provide enhanced knowledge, tools, and processes to a broad range of stakeholders (e.g., tribal, state, local and other non-governmental entities), especially to small, rural and underserved communities.

Funding Information

The total estimated funding for the solicitation is $11,000,000.
The maximum value of each agreement will be based on the technical assistance being provided but the funding for no geographical area will exceed $1,000,000 under this competitive opportunity.
If a single entity is selected for multiple geographical areas, those applications may be combined into a single award so the total award may exceed $1,000,000.

Eligibility Criteria

The following information indicates which entities are eligible to apply for this cooperative agreement:

General Purpose Unit of Local Government. [For purposes of the EPA Brownfields cooperative agreement Program, a “local government” is defined as stated under 2 CFR § 200.64.: Local government means a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority (including any public and Indian housing agency under the United States Housing Act of 1937), school district, special district, intrastate district, the council of governments (whether or not incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under state law), any other regional or interstate government entity, or any agency or instrumentality of a local government.]
Land Clearance Authority or another quasi-governmental entity that operates under the supervision and control of, or as an agent of, a general-purpose unit of local government.
Government Entity Created by the State Legislature.
Regional Council or group of General-Purpose Units of Local Government.
Redevelopment Agency that is chartered or otherwise sanctioned by a state.
State.
Indian tribe other than in Alaska. (The exclusion of Alaskan Tribes from Brownfields cooperative agreement eligibility is statutory at CERCLA § 104(k)(1)). Intertribal Consortia, comprised of eligible Indian tribes, are eligible for funding in accordance with EPA’s policy for funding intertribal consortia published in the Federal Register on November 4, 2002, at 67 Fed. Reg. 67181.)
Alaska Native Regional Corporation, Alaska Native Village Corporation, and Metlakatla Indian Community. (Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Alaska Native Village Corporations are defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 and following.)
A nonprofit organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Limited liability corporation in which all managing members are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations or limited liability corporations whose sole members are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
Limited liability partnership in which all general partners are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations or limited liability corporations whose sole members are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
Qualified community development entity as defined in Section 45D(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Other Nonprofit organizations. (For purposes of this cooperative agreement program, the term “nonprofit organization” means any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that is operated mainly for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purpose in the public interest; is not organized primarily for profit; and uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operation of the organization. The term includes nonprofit colleges, universities, and other educational institutions.)