Change to Assessment Grant Threshold Criteria

CHANGE TO ASSESSMENT GRANT THRESHOLD CRITERIA - D. Site Eligibility and Property Ownership Eligibility, #9 Petroleum has been changed to the following:

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Threshold Criteria for Assessment Grants

D. Site Eligibility and Property Ownership Eligibility

9. Petroleum

*The Brownfields law restricts eligibility for brownfields funding to petroleum contaminated sites as determined by EPA or the state. Appendix 3, part 3.3.2 Contamination by Petroleum or Petroleum Product. With the exception of Tribes, you must provide the following information, if reasonably ascertainable, to your state, in time for the state to make the necessary determinations by the deadline for submitting grant proposals to EPA. Note, if your state is unable to make these determinations, you may request EPA consider the information provided and make the determinations. You must make your request to EPA to make these determinations no later than 2 weeks prior to the application deadline.

1. the current owner of the site, as well as any current operator, lessee, or other similarly situated party;

2. the previous owners of the site, as well as any previous operators, lessees, or other similarly situated parties.

3. when the petroleum contamination occurred at the site and the parties that may have caused or contributed to the petroleum contamination at the site.

4. whether any party can be identified that has a pending Federal or state legal obligation including an enforcement action that would, if successful, require that party to assess, investigate, or clean up the site.

5. whether the party having such legal obligations has adequate financial resources to meet the obligation.

If such information is not available, you must include a brief explanation of why the information is not available with your proposal to EPA. [Assessment Only] For example, you may need funding for a Phase 1 assessment to obtain some or all of this information regarding a site.

CHANGE TO REVOLVING LOAN FUND GRANT THRESHOLD CRITERIA - G. Site Eligibility and Property Ownership Eligibility, #9 Petroleum has been changed to the following:

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Threshold Criteria for Revolving Loan Fund Grants

G. Site Eligibility and Property Ownership Eligibility
indicate how you will gain access to the site.

9. Petroleum
*If you do not have specific sites identified, please move on to the ranking criteria in the next section. If you have identified specific sites, address the following for each site. The Brownfields law restricts eligibility for brownfields funding to petroleum contaminated sites as determined by EPA or the state. Appendix 3, part 3.3.2 Contamination by Petroleum or Petroleum Product. With the exception of Tribes, you must provide the following information, if reasonably ascertainable, to your state, in time for the state to make the necessary determinations by the deadline for submitting grant proposals to EPA. Note, if your state is unable to make these determinations, you may request EPA consider the information provided and make the determinations. You must make your request to EPA to make these determinations no later than 2 weeks prior to the application deadline.

1. the current owner of the site, as well as any current operator, lessee, or other similarly situated party;

2. the previous owners of the site, as well as any previous operators, lessees, or other similarly situated parties.

3. when the petroleum contamination occurred at the site and the parties that may have caused or contributed to the petroleum contamination at the site.

4. whether any party can be identified that has a pending Federal or state legal obligation including an enforcement action that would, if successful, require that party to assess, investigate, or clean up the site.

5. whether the party having such legal obligations has adequate financial resources to meet the obligation.

If such information is not available, you must include a brief explanation of why the information is not available with your proposal to EPA.

CHANGE TO CLEANUP GRANT THRESHOLD CRITERIA - C. Site Eligibility and Property Ownership Eligibility, #8 Petroleum has been changed to the following:

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Threshold Criteria for Cleanup Grants

C. Site Eligibility and Property Ownership Eligibility

8. Petroleum
* The Brownfields law restricts eligibility for brownfields funding to petroleum contaminated sites as determined by EPA or the state. Appendix 3, part 3.3.2 Contamination by Petroleum or Petroleum Product. With the exception of Tribes, you must provide the following information, if reasonably ascertainable, to your state, in time for the state to make the necessary determinations by the deadline for submitting grant proposals to EPA. Note, if your state is unable to make these determinations, you may request EPA consider the information provided and make the determinations. You must make your request to EPA to make these determinations no later than 2 weeks prior to the application deadline.

1. the current owner of the site, as well as any current operator, lessee, or other similarly situated party;

2. the previous owners of the site, as well as any previous operators, lessees, or other similarly situated parties.

3. when the petroleum contamination occurred at the site and the parties that may have caused or contributed to the petroleum contamination at the site.

4. whether any party can be identified that has a pending Federal or state legal obligation including an enforcement action that would, if successful, require that party to assess, investigate, or clean up the site.

5. whether the party having such legal obligations has adequate financial resources to meet the obligation.

If such information is not available, you must include a brief explanation of why the information is not available with your proposal to EPA.