The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended by the Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development (BUILD) Act (P.L. 115-141), requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish guidance for grants to assess and clean up brownfield sites. EPA’s Brownfields Program provides funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. This guidance provides information on applying for Assessment Grants.

In FY23, EPA is soliciting applications for the following Assessment Grant types:

• Community-wide Assessment Grants – up to $500,000. Applicants may not submit multiple applications (i.e., submit applications for different projects) under this solicitation. Interested applicants from within Duke should contact fundopps@duke.edu as early as possible.

• Assessment Coalition Grants – up to $1,000,000. Applicants may not submit multiple applications (i.e., submit applications for different projects) under this solicitation. Interested applicants from within Duke should contact fundopps@duke.edu as early as possible.

• Community-wide Assessment Grants for States and Tribes – up to $2 million. 

Deadline: Nov. 22, 2022