General Purpose Unit of Local Government. [For purposes of the EPA Brownfields Grant
Program, EPA uses the definition of Local government at 2 CFR § 200.1: 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, 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 State Legislature.
• Regional Council established under governmental authority or group of General Purpose
Units of Local Government established under Federal, state, or local law (e.g., councils of
governments) to function as a single legal entity with authority to enter into binding
agreements with the Federal Government.
• Redevelopment Agency that is chartered or otherwise sanctioned by a state.
• State
• Federally recognized Indian Tribe other than in Alaska. (The exclusion of Tribes from
Alaska, with the exception of the Metlakatla Indian Community as noted below, from
Brownfields Grant 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. This policy also may be obtained from your Regional Brownfields
Contact listed in Section VII.)
• 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). For more information, please refer to the FY25 FAQs.)
• Nonprofit organization described in 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 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.
Community-wide Assessment Grants are for communities that are beginning to address their brownfield challenges, as well as for communities that have ongoing efforts to bring sites into productive reuse. This funding opportunity will provide funding for developing inventories of brownfield sites, prioritizing sites, conducting community involvement activities, conducting planning, conducting site assessments, developing site-specific cleanup plans, and developing reuse plans related to brownfield sites. A portion of the assessment grant funding must be used to conduct site assessments.
Assessment Grants provide funding for developing inventories of brownfield sites, prioritizing sites, conducting community involvement activities, conducting planning, conducting site assessments, developing site-specific cleanup plans, and developing reuse plans related to brownfield sites. A portion of the Assessment Grant funding must be used to conduct site assessments. Assessment Grant funds may not be used to conduct cleanup activities.
Community-wide Assessment Grants are appropriate for communities that are beginning to
address their brownfield challenges, as well as for communities that have ongoing efforts to
bring sites into productive reuse.
Applicants may request funding up to $500,000 to address sites contaminated by hazardous
substances (i.e., sites with potential contamination of hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants) and/or petroleum7 (i.e., sites with potential petroleum contamination). For the purposes of this solicitation, the cost of assessment activities carried out at each approved, eligible site may not exceed $200,000 per site.
EPA will determine site eligibility after the award of the grant throughout the project period.
Applicants can only apply for one Community-wide Assessment Grant.