Cleanup Grant Program

Cleanup Grants provide funding for an eligible recipient to carry out cleanup activities at brownfields sites that they own.

An eligible entity may apply for up to $200,000 per site to address sites contaminated by petroleum and hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum).
Cleanup grants require a 20% cost share, which may be in the form of a contribution of money, labor, material, or services, and must be for eligible costs. A cleanup grant recipient may request a waiver of the 20% cost share based on hardship.
An eligible entity must own the site for which it is requesting funding in order to qualify.
Sites must have a Phase I environmental assessment completed and a Phase II environmental assessment underway or completed.
The performance period of these grants is 3 years.
The recipients of this program are selected through a national competition.