Federal Register Notice

[Federal Register: October 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 201)]
[Notices]
[Page 56346-56347]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr19oc99-70]

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 104; National Brownfields Assessment Pilots

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposal deadlines, revised guidelines.

SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin to accept proposals for the National Brownfields Assessment Pilots on October 19, 1999. The brownfields assessment pilots (each funded up to $200,000 over two years) test cleanup and redevelopment planning models, direct special efforts toward removing regulatory barriers without sacrificing protectiveness, and facilitate coordinated environmental cleanup and redevelopment efforts at the federal, state, and local levels.

In fiscal year 2000, an additional $50,000 may be awarded to an applicant to assess the contamination of a brownfields site(s) that is or will be used for greenspace purposes. Greenspace purposes may include, but are not limited to, parks, playgrounds, trails, gardens, habitat restoration, open space, and/or greenspace preservation.

EPA expects to select up to 50 additional National brownfields assessment pilots by April 2000. The deadline for new proposals for the 2000 assessment pilots is February 16, 2000. Proposals must be post- marked or sent to EPA via registered or tracked mail by the stated deadline. Previously unsuccessful applicants are advised that they must revise and resubmit their proposals to be considered for the 2000 National assessment pilot competition.

The National brownfields assessment pilots are administered on a competitive basis. To ensure a fair selection process, evaluation panels consisting of EPA Regional and Headquarters staff and other federal agency representatives will assess how well the proposals meet the selection criteria outlined in the newly revised application booklet The Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative: Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots (October 1999). Applicants are encouraged to contact and, if possible, meet with EPA Regional Brownfields Coordinators.