The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation assists eligible applicants with proposals for EPA Brownfield Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, Cleanup, and Job Training grants, and for EPA's Targeted Brownfields Assessments. Contact John Carnahan at (907) 451-2166 or John.Carnahan@alaska.gov.

The Alaska Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provides funds to most municipalities and nonprofits for public facilities and planning activities addressing local residents' health, safety, essential community services and jobs for low and moderate income persons. 

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) conducts in-kind DEC Brownfields Assessments (DBAs) for public, quasi-public, and nonprofit entities who are interested in redeveloping abandoned or underutilized properties, who have not caused or contributed to the contamination at the site, and who have access to the site.  Contact Sonja Benson at 907-451-2156 or Sonja.Benson@alaska.gov. 

EPA Region 10 provides Targeted Brownfield Assessments (TBAs) which are designed to inventory, characterize, and assess brownfield sites using EPA contractors. The TBA program is open for requests year round, and features a non competitive application process for the award of assessment services. Contact Joanne LaBaw at 206-553-2594 or labaw.joanne@epa.gov.

Under the EPA's Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Communities program, CCLR provides in-kind technical assistance and training to communities and other stakeholders on brownfields issues with the goal of increasing the community's understanding and involvement in brownfield cleanup and revitalization. The TAB grants serve as an independent source of information assisting communities with community involvement, better understanding the health impacts of brownfield sites, science and technology relating to brownfield site assessment, remediation, and site preparation activities, brownfield finance questions, and information on integrated approaches to brownfield cleanup and redevelopment. Contact Ignacio Dayrit at 415-398-1080 x107 or ignacio.dayrit@cclr.org.

Originally signed into law in 1997 and extended through December 31, 2011, the Brownfields Tax Incentive encourages the cleanup and reuse of brownfields. Under the Brownfields Tax Incentive, environmental cleanup costs are fully deductible in the year incurred, rather than capitalized and spread over time. Improvements in 2006 expanded the tax incentive to include petroleum cleanup.

DEC Cleanup Process: http://www.dec.state.ak.us/spar/csp/process.htm

Fact Sheet: http://www.dec.state.ak.us/spar/csp/guidance/cleanup_process.pdf

Guidance: http://www.dec.state.ak.us/spar/guidance.htm