EPA Releases Brownfield Area-Wide Planning Guidelines: Contact CCLR for Free Application Support
EPA has announced the availability of funding to develop an area-wide plan for brownfields assessment, cleanup, and subsequent reuse. This funding is for research and/or technical assistance activities directed to one or more brownfield site(s) located in a specific area (such as a neighborhood, downtown or business district, local commercial corridor, community waterfront or city blocks). POWER+ communities may be interested in applying for an EPA Brownfields Area Wide Planning grant because a closed or closing coal-fired power plant or related legacy brownfield site(s) is likely to quickly become a large, blighted area with associated displacement of workers. Each project funded under this grant must result in an area-wide plan which includes specific plan implementation strategies for assessing, cleaning up, and reusing the brownfields site(s) as well as related brownfields and project area revitalization strategies. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 20 projects in total, funded at up to $200,000 each. Application Deadline: August 10, 2016