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Brownfields Tools and Resources

The Brownfields Tax Incentive

On October 3,2008, H.R. 1424 was signed into law by the President. Section 318 of the bill provides for expensing of environmental remediation costs, extending the current brownfields tax incentive till December 31, 2009 and is effective for expenditures paid or incurred after December 31,2007. The tax incentive allows taxpayers to receive a current federal income tax deduction for certain qualifying remediation costs that would otherwise be subject to capitalization. The extension is a timely benefit for companies seeking to aquire or despose of environmentally impaired properties.

EPA Grants and Petroleum Brownfields Properties

The Brownfields law expands the original EPA Brownfields program by including relatively low-risk petroleum sites as eligible sites for Brownfields assessment and cleanup grant funding, and by allotting 25 percent of the funding strictly for petroleum brownfields cleanup and assessment. Prior to this enactment, petroleum sites were ineligible for Brownfields grants funding.

Please visit the EPA Grants for Petroleum Brownfields Properties page for more information.

Brownfields Technology Support Center

Local and state government personnel, EPA staff, and tribes may request site-specific support for brownfields and Superfund sites from the BTSC at no cost. Nongovernment organizations are limited to information requests only. Assistance may include innovative site investigation and cleanup technologies and strategies at brownfields sites.
More about the Brownfields Technology Support Center

Access Federal Government Grants Online Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies.

All Appropriate Inquiry

The Small Business Liability Relief and Revitalization Act (the Brownfields Law) clarifies CERCLA liability provisions for certain landowners and potential property owners. The Brownfields Law provides liability protections for certain property owners, if the property owners comply with certain provisions, including conducting all appropriate inquiry into present and past uses of the property and the potential presence of environmental contamination on the property. The Brownfields Law amends Section 101(35)(B) of CERCLA to include an interim standard for conducting all appropriate inquiry and requires EPA to promulgate regulations that establish federal standards and practices for conducting all appropriate inquiry.

Grant Writing Tutorial

This interactive software tool walks the user through the grant-writing process and helps them learn to write more competitive grants.

Brownfields Funding Sources

http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/mmatters.htm#fund

Abandoned Mine Lands information

Mine scarred lands are eligible for EPA Brownfields funding under Public Law 107-118 (H.R. 2869) - "Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act" of 2002. To learn more about one type of mining related challenge visit the Abandoned Mine Lands (AMLs) website.

Mine-Scarred Lands (MSL) Initiative Tool Kit

The Mine-Scarred Lands (MSL) Initiative is an effort to improve coordination and collaboration among federal agencies on the cleanup and redevelopment of both hard rock and coal mine-scarred lands. The MSL Initiative has partnered with six communities on demonstration projects. The purpose of this tool kit is to help other communities cleanup and revitalize former mines by sharing models from the six projects and links to a range of resources.


Other Brownfields-related Tools

Region 8 Grants and Financial Assistance
EPA National Brownfields Tools
Northeast-Midwest Institute's Guide to Federal Brownfield Programs


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