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Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $315 Million Through Investing
in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield
Sites
EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by
President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
WASHINGTON (May 25, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announced more than $315 million from President Biden’s
Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of
brownfield sites across the country while advancing environmental justice.
EPA selected 262 communities to receive 267 grants totaling more than $215
million in competitive EPA Brownfields funding through the Multipurpose,
Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) Grant programs. Thanks to
the historic boost from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this is the largest
ever funding awarded in the history of the EPA’s Brownfields MARC Grant
programs. In addition, the agency is announcing $45 million in non-competitive
supplemental funding to 22 successful existing Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant
programs to help expedite their continued work at sites across the country by
extending the capacity of the program to provide more funding for additional
cleanups. EPA is also announcing selections of five Brownfields Technical
Assistance Providers and three recipients of Brownfields Research Grants, who
are receiving $55 million to strengthen technical assistance.
These investments totaling $315 million are part of President Biden’s
Investing in America Agenda to grow the American economy from the bottom up
and middle-out – from rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure, to driving
over $470 billion in private sector manufacturing and clean energy investments
in the United States, to creating a manufacturing and innovation boom powered
by good paying jobs that don’t require a four-year degree, to building a
clean-energy economy that will combat climate change and make our communities
more resilient.
“We’re working across the country to revitalize what were once dangerous
and polluted sites in overburdened communities into more sustainable and
environmentally just places that serve as community assets. Thanks to
President Biden’s historic investments in America, we’re moving further
and faster than ever before to clean up contaminated sites, spur economic
redevelopment, and deliver relief that so many communities have been waiting
for,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “This critical wave of
investments is the largest in Brownfields history and will accelerate our work
to protect the people and the planet by transforming what was once blight into
might.”
EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the brownfields funding for
communities with U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (WI) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
where the EPA has selected the Redevelopment Authority of the City of
Milwaukee (RACM) to receive $5.5 million in funds as part of the MARC Grant
program for brownfields assessment and clean up. Administrator Regan and
Senator Baldwin visited one of the sites that will be cleaned up thanks to
today’s investment. The cleanup of this site will complement other EPA
investments in the 30th Street Industrial Corridor, which is a key area
disproportionately impacted by legacy pollution. 
“I voted for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fix our nation’s
infrastructure, create good paying jobs, and build a cleaner, safer, and more
resilient environment for the next generation. This funding will allow
communities across Wisconsin to address legacy pollution that prevents these
sites from being redeveloped into affordable housing, new businesses, or green
spaces,” said Senator Tammy Baldwin. “By cleaning up legacy pollution, we
can attract businesses to invest in and develop these sites, increase the tax
base for cities like Milwaukee, spur job creation, and revitalize our
neighborhoods.”
“The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming brownfields into areas of
growth and promise,” said Representative Gwen Moore. “I am so proud to
support these investments in Milwaukee, which will support healthier
communities and lift up the well-being of my constituents.”
Many communities that are under economic stress, particularly those located in
areas that have experienced long periods of disinvestment, lack the resources
needed to initiate brownfield cleanup and redevelopment projects. As
brownfield sites are transformed into community assets, they attract jobs,
promote economic revitalization and transform communities into sustainable and
environmentally just places.
Thanks to the historic $1.5 billion boost from President Biden’s Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, EPA’s Brownfields Program is helping more communities
than ever before begin to address the economic, social, and environmental
challenges caused by brownfields and stimulate economic opportunity, and
environmental revitalization in historically overburdened communities.
EPA’s Brownfields Program also advances President Biden’s Justice40
Initiative to direct 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal
investments to disadvantaged communities. The Brownfields Program strives to
meet this commitment and advance environmental justice and equity
considerations into all aspects of its work. Approximately 84% of the MARC and
RLF Supplemental program applications selected to receive funding proposed to
work in areas that include historically underserved communities.
Funding Breakdown:
Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC)
Grant Program Selection
EPA announced 262 communities that have been selected to receive 267 grants
totaling more than $215 million in competitive EPA Brownfields funding through
the Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) Grant
Programs. This represents the highest funding level ever announced in the
history of the Brownfields Program.
You can read more about this year’s MARC selectees.
Non-competitive Supplemental Funding Through the Existing Revolving Loan Fund
(RLF) Grant Program
The Agency is announcing $45 million in non-competitive supplemental funding
to 22 successful existing Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant programs that have
already achieved success in their work to clean up and redevelop brownfield
sites. RLF Grants provide funding for recipients to offer loans and subgrants
to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites. The funding announced
today will help communities continue to address the economic, social, and
environmental challenges caused by brownfield sites.
Read more about this year’s RLF recipients.
Brownfields Technical Assistance Providers and Research Grants
EPA is also announcing funding selection for two Brownfields technical
assistance opportunities. The Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB)
selectees provide specialized technical knowledge, research, and training to
help stakeholders understand brownfields-related subject matter, and guide
them through the brownfield assessment, clean-up, and revitalization process.
This assistance is a key part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s
commitment to advance economic opportunities and address environmental justice
issues in underserved communities. This technical assistance is available to
all stakeholders and comes at no cost to communities. The two funding
opportunities announced today come entirely from the historic $1.5 billion
investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and include
the following:
EPA selected five Technical Assistance Providers for a total of $53 million in
grants to provide training and technical assistance to communities across the
country under the Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program. This
investment will fund non-profit technical assistance providers in all ten EPA
regions. Read more about this year’s TAB selectees.
EPA is also expanding the scope of its technical assistance offerings under
the Brownfields and Land Revitalization Program to include three new
subject-specific grants totaling $2 million in three areas, including
providing technical assistance to nonprofits seeking to reuse Brownfields;
provide research, outreach, and guidance on minimizing displacement resulting
from brownfields redevelopment; and providing outreach and guidance on land
banking tactics for brownfields revitalization. Read more on the Brownfields
Technical Assistance and Research cooperative agreement recipients. 
More information about Brownfields Technical Assistance and Research.
Additional Background:
EPA has selected these organizations to receive funding to address and support
the reuse of brownfield sites. EPA anticipates making all the awards announced
today once all legal and administrative requirements are satisfied. 
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. EPA’s investments in
addressing brownfield sites have leveraged more than $36 billion in cleanup
and redevelopment. Over the years, the relatively small investment of federal
funding has leveraged, from both public and private sources, nearly 260,000
jobs. Communities that previously received Brownfields Grants used these
resources to fund assessments and cleanups of brownfields, and successfully
leverage an average of 10.6 jobs per $100,000 of EPA Brownfield Grant funds
spent and $19.78 for every dollar.
The next National Brownfields Training Conference will be held on August 8-11,
2023, in Detroit, Michigan. Offered every two years, this conference is the
largest gathering of stakeholders focused on cleaning up and reusing former
commercial and industrial properties. EPA co-sponsors this event with the
International City/County Management Association (ICMA).
More on Brownfields Grants.
More on EPA’s Brownfields Program.
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