Brownfields Community-Wide Assessment Grant for state and tribes

1) Community-Wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes 

Community-Wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes can be used for the direct costs associated with the inventory, site prioritization, community involvement, site reuse planning, assessment, and cleanup planning for brownfield sites. A portion of the Grant funding must be used to conduct site assessments. Assessment Grant funds may not be used to conduct cleanup activities. 

Applicants may request funding to address sites contaminated by hazardous substances (i.e., sites with potential contamination of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants) and/or petroleum (i.e., sites with potential petroleum contamination) throughout their jurisdiction.  
Applicants must propose at least three (3) target areas and at least five (5) priority sites, including at least one priority site in each target area. 

Successful brownfield reuse and redevelopment often depends on early consideration of local community priorities; market conditions; infrastructure availability; environmental contamination; public health issues; and local ordinances.

Community-Wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes can also be used for programmatic management of the grant; purchase of environmental insurance; and local governments may use up to 10% of grant funds for the following activities: 

• Health monitoring of populations exposed to hazardous substances from a brownfield site; and 
  
• Monitoring and enforcement of any institutional control used to prevent human exposure to any hazardous substance from a brownfield site. 

Recipients will be required to assess sites (a minimum of 10) throughout their geographic boundary(ies). 

The following entities are eligible to apply for Community-Wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes: 

• States (i.e., state agencies subject to the direct control of the governor or other elected executive officials such as environmental agencies, transportation agencies, health departments, parks and recreation departments, and departments of commerce); 
  
• Federally recognized Indian Tribes other than in Alaska; and 
  
• Alaska Native Regional Corporation; Alaska Native Village Corporation; and Metlakatla Indian Community. 

Entities applying for FY25 Community-Wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes may not apply for an FY25 Community-Wide Assessment Grant or an FY25 Assessment Coalition Grant (or be a non-lead coalition member). 
If a Tribe’s reservation is included in an application submitted by an intertribal consortium, that Tribal Nation may not apply for an FY25 Community-Wide Assessment Grant or an FY25 Assessment Coalition Grant. 
All sites selected during the period of performance (i.e., sites not identified in the original workplan) must be in an underserved and/or disadvantaged community. 
The EPA will only accept one application per eligible state agency and one application per Tribal Nation. 
Applicants are required to demonstrate how they intend to inform and involve the community and other stakeholders in the planning, implementation, and other brownfield assessment activities. 
The EPA requires applicants to adequately describe environmental outputs (performance measures) and outcomes to be achieved with the award. 
The EPA encourages communities to take an area-wide approach to planning for the assessment, cleanup, and reuse of brownfield sites; especially where multiple sites are connected through location, infrastructure, economic, social, and environmental conditions.