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There are several funding mechanisms to assess brownfields properties.

Brownfields Assessment Grants
Assessment grants provide funding for a grant recipient to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct planning and community involvement related to brownfield sites. An eligible entity may apply for up to $200,000 to assess a site contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum) and up to $200,000 to address a site contaminated by petroleum. Applicants may seek a waiver of the $200,000 limit and request up to $350,000 for a site contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants and up to $350,000 to assess a site contaminated by petroleum. Such waivers must be based on the anticipated level of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum) at a single site. Total grant fund requests should not exceed a total of $400,000 unless such a waiver is requested. Due to budget limitations, no entity may apply for more than $700,000 in assessment funding. The performance period for these grants is three years.

Additionally, assessment grants can be awarded to a coalition of eligible entities to pool their grant funds. A coalition is a group of three or more eligible entities represented by one of the coalition partners. Up to $1 million for hazardous and/or petroleum community-wide assessments can be requested.

You can view grant awards and grantee fact sheets using the Brownfields Grant Fact Sheet Search on the EPA national website.

For additional information on EPA's Assessment Grant Program, visit the EPA National Assessment Homepage.

For additional information regarding Region 6 assessment grants, contact a Brownfields Team member.

Site type/industry specific fact sheets useful in planning, assessing and cleanup activities are available on EPA Region 3's web page entitled "Industry Profile Fact Sheets."

Targeted Brownfields Assessments
The EPA has a regional program aimed at helping municipalities redevelop contaminated sites in their community. The purpose of a Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) is to minimize the uncertainties surrounding the actual or perceived contamination associated with brownfields sites.

Region 6 is currently offering a select number of these assessments to public or nonprofit entities interested in redeveloping abandoned or underutilized properties.

For additional information regarding Region 6's Targeted Brownfields Assessments program, contact Dorothy Crawford at 214.665.2771 or crawford.dorothy@epa.gov.

State Targeted Brownfields Assessment Programs
Many state agencies also conduct Targeted Brownfields Assessments. To learn more about state TBAs in your area, visit one of the sites below:

Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

New Mexico Environment Department

Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

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