To: BCN Members
Date: March 26, 2008
RE: Comments on EPA’s FY’09 Guidelines

Dear BCN Members-
EPA is soliciting comments on revision to the Brownfields Grant Proposal Guidelines.
Comments are due to EPA by April 7th. Please read below for more information.

For the FY2009 national competition EPA has revised the Brownfields Grant Proposal Guidelines (guidelines) and is soliciting comments on those revisions. EPA provides brownfields funding for three types of grants: assessment, revolving loan fund and cleanup. The major changes to the guidelines include: three separate booklets for each of the grant types; Assessment Coalitions which allow eligible entities of 3 or more to request up to $1 M dollars for hazardous substance or petroleum (or combined) community-wide assessments; Community Notification is a threshold criterion; ranking criteria is four sections: Community Need, Project Feasibility, Community Engagement and Project Benefits; community based organization letters of support are required; and a Phase II report complete at time of application for a cleanup grant is required.

Comments on the guidelines are due to Megan Quinn (Quinn.Megan@epa.gov) on April 7, 2008. See the Federal Register notice at: CLICK HERE

and download the draft guidelines at: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/

NALGEP Team
nalgep@spiegelmcd.com
Nat’l Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals
1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
www.nalgep.org
Phone: 202.638.6254
Fax: 202-393-2866
*NALGEP is managed by the law firm Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP

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