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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $235 Million Investment to Assess and
Clean up Brownfield Sites Across America
Latest funding is part of $1.5 billion investment through President Biden’s
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clean up brownfield sites, address legacy
pollution, advance environmental justice, and spur economic revitalization
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced
the availability of $235 million in grants from President Biden’s Investing
in America agenda, a key pillar of Bidenomics, to assess and clean up polluted
brownfield sites across the country. The new grants through EPA’s
Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) program will advance
environmental justice and help transform what were once polluted, vacant, and
abandoned properties into community assets while spurring economic
revitalization in underserved communities.
Thanks to the historic boost from the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law, EPA anticipates awarding approximately 200 grants nationwide this cycle
at amounts ranging from $500,000 to $5 million per award. This is the third
wave of funding supported by this law, which provides $1.5 billion to EPA’s
Brownfields Program and is helping more communities than ever before begin to
address the economic, social, and environmental challenges caused by the
legacy pollution at brownfield sites.
“President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is continuing to
supercharge EPA’s efforts to clean up legacy brownfield pollution in
communities all across the country,” said EPA Administrator Michael S.
Regan. “Today we’re building on this work with the latest multi-million
dollar investment in removing longstanding barriers to brownfields
redevelopment, all while spurring economic growth in underserved
communities.”
EPA’s Brownfields Program advances President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative
to direct 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments to
disadvantaged communities that are marginalized and overburdened by pollution
and underinvestment. The Brownfields Program will strive to meet this
commitment and advance environmental justice and equity considerations in all
aspects of its work.
EPA’s Brownfields Program began in 1995 and has provided nearly $2.37
billion in Brownfield Grants to assess and clean up contaminated properties
and return blighted properties to productive reuse. Prior to the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, this program made approximately $60 million available each
year. Thanks to the President’s historic investments in America through the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA has now increased that yearly investment
four times over.
Applications for the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC)
grants are due by November 13, 2023, via grants.gov. The Notices of Funding
Opportunity are posted on grants.gov.
A copy of the FY24 Guidelines and other application resources are available on
the Multipurpose, Assessment, RLF, and Cleanup (MARC) Grant Application
Resources webpage. The Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization will also
host outreach webinars on September 26, 2023, and September 27, 2023, to
explain the guidelines for interested applicants and to address commonly asked
questions. Prior registration is not required.
Link for the Multipurpose and Assessment grants webinar at noon on September
Link for the Cleanup grants webinar at 1:00pm on September 27.
Read more on EPA’s Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC)
opportunities.
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