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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 104; ``Announcement of Proposal Deadline for the Competition for the FY 2001 Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilots''

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[Federal Register: October 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 197)]
[Notices]
[Page 60429]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 104; ``Announcement of Proposal
Deadline for the Competition for the FY 2001 Brownfields Cleanup
Revolving Loan Fund Pilots''

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposal deadlines, revised guidelines.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will
begin to accept proposals for the FY 2001 Brownfields Cleanup Revolving
Loan Fund Pilots on October 11, 2000. The Brownfields Cleanup Revolving
Loan Fund pilots (each may be funded up to $1,000,000) to test cleanup
and redevelopment planning models, direct special efforts toward
removing regulatory barriers without sacrificing protectiveness, and
facilitate coordinated public and private environmental cleanup and
redevelopment efforts. EPA expects to select up to 35 additional
Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund pilots by March 2001. The
deadline for new proposals for the FY 2000 Brownfields Cleanup
Revolving Loan Fund pilots is December 18, 2000. Proposals must be
postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) by December 18, 2000, and
sent to U.S. EPA Headquarters. In addition, duplicate copies of the
proposal must also be submitted to the appropriate U.S. EPA Regional
Office, ATTN: Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Coordinator.
    The Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund pilot proposals are
selected 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 guidelines,
entitled The Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative: Proposal
Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund (September
2000).

DATES: All proposals must be postmarked by USPS or sent to U.S. EPA
Headquarters and a duplicate copy sent to the appropriate U.S. EPA
Regional Office via registered or tracked mail no later than December
18, 2000.

ADDRESSES: BCRLF guidelines can be obtained by calling the Superfund
Hotline at the following numbers:

Washington, DC Metro Area at 703-412-9810
Outside Washington, DC Metro at 1-800-424-9346
TDD for the Hearing Impaired at 1-800-553-7672

Copies of the Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup Revolving
Loan Fund are available via the Internet: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The U.S. EPA's Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response, Outreach and Special Projects Staff, Barbara
Bassuener (202) 260-9347 or Jennifer Millett Wilbur (202) 260-6454.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower
states, local governments, communities, and other stakeholders involved
in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to
prevent, assess, and safely cleanup brownfields in order to facilitate
their sustainable reuse. As part of this Initiative, EPA has awarded
cooperative agreements to States, political subdivisions (including
cities, towns, counties), and Indian tribes to capitalize Brownfields
Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund pilots. The purpose of these pilots is to
test brownfields cleanup revolving loan fund models that direct special
efforts toward facilitating coordinated public and private brownfields
cleanup efforts.
    In FY 2001, the EPA expects to select up to 35 new BCRLF pilots to
be funded up to $1,000,000 per eligible entity by the end of March
2001.
    Eligible entities for FY 2001 BCRLF pilots will be states,
political subdivisions, or federally recognized Indian Tribes that have
established and can demonstrate progress already made in the
assessment, cleanup and revitalization of brownfields in their
community, State or Tribe.
    Coalitions of eligible entities are permitted to apply, but a
single entity must be identified as the applicant. Additionally, a
letter of support from each coalition member must be included as an
attachment.
    Applicants must demonstrate through their proposal: (1) an existing
commitment to brownfields; (2) an ability to manage a revolving loan
fund and environmental cleanups; (3) a need for cleanup funds; (4)
commitment to making loans and to creative leveraging of EPA funds with
public-private partnerships and in-kind services (matching funds are
not required); and (5) a clear plan for sustaining the environmental
protection and related economic development activities initiated
through the BCRLF program. The eligible entities must meet EPA's
threshold and evaluation criteria. There is no guarantee of an award.
Also, the size of the awards may vary (for example, from $350,000 to
$1,000,000 per eligible entity), depending on the proposal's responses
to the evaluation criteria.
    Funding for the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund pilots is
authorized under Section 104(d)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, (CERCLA
or Superfund), 42 U.S.C. 9604(d)(1).
    The Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating the rule
must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, to each
House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United
States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and other
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A Major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2). This rule will be effective on October 11, 2000.

    Dated: October 3, 2000.
Linda Garczynski,
Director, Outreach and Special Projects Staff, Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 00-26066 Filed 10-10-00; 8:45 am]
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