Funding Guidance for State and Tribal Response Programs Fiscal Year 2022 (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds)
Section 128(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), as amended, authorizes a noncompetitive grant program to establish or enhance state and tribal response programs. Generally, these response programs address the assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfields and other sites with actual or perceived contamination. EPA’s Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization issued the FY 2022 Section 128(a) Funding Guidance on October 1, 2021, for funding that would be provided by EPA’s Annual Appropriation Act and finalized the allocation of those funds on February 24, 2022. Cooperative Agreement Recipients were notified of their FY 2022 Section 128(a) Annual Appropriation allocation amounts prior to the issuance of this Funding Guidance.
Due to the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ("Infrastructure Law"), EPA is now issuing this Funding Guidance to provide information and instruction to states and tribes requesting FY 2022 Section 128(a) funding provided by the Infrastructure Law. EPA anticipates that it may allocate approximately $57.9 million in Section 128(a) Infrastructure Law funds under this FY 2022 Funding Guidance.
Requests for FY 2022 Section 128(a) Infrastructure Law funding will be accepted from March 30, 2022 – June 3, 2022 and should be sent to the EPA Regional Office contact listed at the end of the Funding Guidance (link below).
First-time requestors are strongly encouraged to contact their Regional EPA Brownfields contact, listed on the last page of the guidance, prior to submitting their funding request. Please also visit Types of Brownfields Grant Funding for an overview of the State and Tribal Response Program Grants, including program resources and highlights.