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Brownfields News and Events Archive—2005
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- $2 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants Announced
The EPA has announced the selection of twelve communities to share a total of $2 million in brownfields job training grants. Grants of up to $200,000 each will go to non-profit organizations, educational institutions, community colleges, tribes, and state and local governments. For more information, visit our Brownfields Grant Announcements Web page
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Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan
Fund and Cleanup Grants
EPA is accepting proposals for brownfields assessment, revolving loan fund and cleanup grants. Proposals are due to EPA by December 14, 2005. For more information and to apply for funding, please visit the Brownfields Funding Information Web page.
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Grant Funding Guidance for State and Tribal Response Programs
Fiscal Year 2006
EPA is accepting proposals for funding from December 1, 2005 through January 31, 2006. For more information and to apply for funding, please visit our State and Tribal Response Programs Web page.
- Proposed Information Collection - Brownfields Program Revitalization
Grantee
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, EPA is planning to submit a continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Federal Register Notice.
- New Brownfields Reports and Guides
EPA has developed new materials in 2005 to provide stakeholders with information on various brownfields-related topics. These materials include: a report to brownfields stakeholders regarding the Brownfields Program's growth and overall accomplishments; reports, guides, and brochures on brownfields initiatives; and a federal programs guide pertaining to financial and technical assistance for brownfields. For more information about these materials, visit our Brownfields publications Web page.
- Brownfields Job Training Grants-Request for Applications (RFA) -
Extension of deadline for submission of applications due to Hurricane
Katrina
EPA's Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment is now requesting applications for brownfields job training grants. The goals of the Job Training Program are to prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental field and facilitate cleanup of brownfield sites contaminated with hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants and petroleum. Applications are now due October 3, 2005. More ...
- $76.7 Million in Brownfield Grants Announced
Communities in 44 states will share more than $76 million in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency brownfields grants to help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, transforming them from problem properties into community assets. "The Brownfields Program puts both property and people back to work," EPA Administrator Steve Johnson said. "These grants will help communities across America convert eyesores into engines of economic rebirth." More ...
- Brownfields 2005 - Call for Presentations is open through
April 29, 2005. More ...
- Brownfields Training, Research and Technical Assistance
Grant Guidelines
This is a revised announcement of a funding opportunity for Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance under Sec. 104(k)(6) of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. These guidelines provide eligible applicants an opportunity to apply for federal funding for brownfields-related training, research or technical assistance. Deadline for applications is May 1, 2005. More ...
- State Brownfields and Voluntary Response Programs: An Update
from the States
The "State Brownfields and Voluntary Response Programs: An Update from the States" explores the evolving landscape of state environmental, financial, and technical programs, including the incentives designed to promote brownfields cleanup and redevelopment. More ...
- Grant Funding Guidance for State and Tribal Response Programs
The Brownfields Law authorizes a noncompetitive $50 million grant program to establish and enhance state and tribal response programs. More ...