FY 23 Guidelines for Brownfield Assessment Grants (Community-Wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications for Community-wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes to develop inventories of brownfield sites, prioritize sites, conduct community involvement activities, conduct planning, conduct site assessments, and develop site-specific cleanup plans. The grants will provide funding for states and tribes to assess and clean up brownfield sites, with a focus on underserved communities. The program aims to empower states, tribal nations, communities, and nonprofit organizations to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. * Eligible applicants include states and tribes * Grant funds can be used for inventory, site prioritization, community involvement, site reuse planning, assessment, and cleanup planning * Grant funds cannot be used for direct costs for proposal preparation, penalties or fines, federal cost share requirements, administrative costs, or unallowable costs * Applications will be evaluated based on the extent to which the applicant demonstrates a vision for the reuse and redevelopment of brownfield sites, community engagement, and capacity for managing and successfully implementing the cooperative agreement