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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Fiscal Year (FY) 15 Brownfields
Assessment and Cleanup Grants
EPA prepared these Frequently Asked Questions and Answers to assist prospective applicants with
preparing Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Grant proposals for the FY15 competition. Please
review the FY 2015 Proposal Guidelines/Request for Proposals (RFP) published in October 2014 when
preparing your proposal. If there is a conflict between the answer to a question and the statute,
regulation, or the Guidelines, the statute, regulation or the Guidelines take precedence. The FAQs will
be updated periodically as we continue to receive questions.
I. CHANGES TO THE ASSESSMENT, REVOLVING LOAN FUND AND CLEANUP
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) - New in FY15
1. How have the Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (ARC) Grant RFP changed
since the FY14 competition?
A. General Changes
B. Changes to Threshold Criteria
C. Changes to the Assessment Grant RFP
D. Changes to the Revolving Loan Fund RFP
E. Changes to the Cleanup Grant RFP
II. DEFINITIONS
2. What is a Brownfields Site?
How does EPA interpret "non-profit organizations" and how can such organizations
participate in brownfields revitalization under the 2002 Brownfields Law amendments?
3. How does EPA interpret "general purpose unit of local government" for the purposes of
eligibility for brownfields grants?
4. Does EPA require that all applicants notify the community about their intent to submit a
brownfields grant application?
5. How do cleanup grant applicants comply with the Community Notification criterion?
6. Are the costs of Community Notification allowable under Cleanup Grants?
7. What are examples of organizations that would meet the definition of "community
organization" for the purposes of the Brownfields Grant Guidelines?
8. What types of "roles" might community organizations play with regard to brownfields
projects?
9. For the purposes of the Community Need criterion for brownfields grants, what are examples
of demographic information I could provide about my community? Where do I find
demographic information about my community?
10. What types of contamination are eligible for brownfields hazardous substances funding?
III. APPLICANT ELIGILTY
11. Who is eligible to apply for the Brownfields Grants?
12. Are tribes considered "potentially responsible parties" (PRPs) and therefore prohibited from
using Brownfields grant funds to pay for response costs at a site for which the they are
potentially liable under CERCLA 107?
13. Are Alaskan Native Villages eligible for grant funding?1
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[United States. Environmental Protection Agency.]. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Fiscal Year (FY) 15 Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Grants, text, 2015; [Washington D.C.]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc948767/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.