BROWNFIELDS:THE INNOVATIVE USE AND RE-USE OF LANDFILLS

AND BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

Schenine MitchellU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2

2016 REDEVELOPMENT FORUMNew Jersey FutureMarch 11, 2016

Overview of EPA Grants Focus on Area Wide Planning Other Program Initiatives & Priorities Re-Powering America’s Land

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TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

EPA’S COMMITMENT TO MAKING MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCES IN COMMUNITIES

• Grant Types:• Brownfields Area-Wide Planning• Brownfields Assessment• Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund• Brownfields Cleanup• Environmental Workforce Development and Job

Training • State and Tribal Response Program

• Technical Assistance:• Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) • Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities

(TAB) • Land Revitalization Project Assistance

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AUTHORIZED BROWNFIELD FUNDING

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Assessment Grants

Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants

Cleanup Grants

Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants

Targeted Brownfield AssessmentsState and Tribal

Response Program Grants

Up to $200 Million

$50 MillionStates and Tribes

Area Wide Planning Grants

BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT GRANTS

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$200K Hazardous Substances $200K Petroleum*

Single Site **Community-Wide Assessment

Coalition Assessment

• Inventory Brownfields

• Phase I/II Environmental Assessments

• Cleanup/Reuse Plans• Community and

Stakeholder Outreach

*Petroleum sites are eligible IF• “Relatively low risk site” when

compared with other petroleum contaminated site

• No viable RP• Site will be assessed or cleaned

up by a person who is not potentially liable for cleaning up site

• Not subject to RCRA 9003 (h) order**EPA approved waiver to

$350K

BROWNFIELD CLEANUP GRANTS6

$200K Hazardous and Petroleum

Substances Combined

$200K Petroleum

$200K Hazardous

Single Site

• Direct costs associated with the cleanup of the site

• Direct costs associated with programmatic management

• A portion of the grant may be used to purchase environmental insurance

• A local government can use up to 10% of grant funds for health monitoring, monitoring and enforcement of institutional controls, and any related program development and implementation activities.

20% cost share required as a match

BROWNFIELDS REVOLVING LOAN FUND GRANTS

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Revolving Loan Fund

*Cleanup Sub-Grant*RLF Loan

• At least 50% of the total award amount

• Provide no-interest or low interest loans for Brownfields Cleanups

• Maximum 50% of total award amount

• Does not require repayment

$1M Hazardous $1M Petroleum$1M Hazardous

&Petroleum

*Eligible cleanup activities covered

20% cost share required as a match

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE

DEVELOPMENT AND JOB TRAINING GRANTS

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• Hazardous waste training• Solid waste management or

cleanup training• Superfund site cleanup and

innovative and alternative treatment technologies training

• Emergency planning, preparedness, and response training

Applicants may choose to deliver a variety of environmental training: • Enhanced environmental

health and safety training

• Integrated pest management (IPM) training

• Alternative energy technologies

• Wastewater treatment training, such as wastewater treatment facility operations training $200K Funding

The Fortune Society, NY

TYPES OF GRANTS 9

Assessment Revolving Loan Fund

Cleanup Job TrainingEWDJT

Area Wide Planning

Applicant Eligibility

Government, Quasi Government, Regional Councils, Tribes

Government, Quasi Government, Regional Councils, Tribes

Government, Quasi Government, Regional Councils, Tribes, Non Profits

Government, Quasi Government, Regional Councils, Tribes, Non Profits, Colleges

Government, Quasi Government, Regional Councils, Tribes, Non Profits

Amount of funding available

• Up to $400K for community-wide

• Up to $200,000 or up to $350,000 for Site Specific

• Up to $600,000 for a coalition

• Up to $1 million

• Up to $200,000 per site

• Up to 3 sites totaling $600,000

• Up to $200,000

• Up to $200,000

Cost share requirement

n/a 20% cost share 20% cost share n/a n/a

Period of performance

3 years 5 years 3 years 3 years 2 years

BROWNFIELDS AREA-WIDE PLANNING (BF AWP)

Yonkers, NY

2-year grant given to: Assist with community involvement,

research planning and implementation strategies related to brownfields cleanup and reuse

Focus on catalyst/high priority brownfields sites and the surrounding areas

Common grant-funded activities: Identifying community priorities Evaluating existing conditions Brownfields site reuse planning Developing a brownfields area-wide

plan; and Identifying resources or leveraging

opportunities to implement planCamden, NJ

Multiple sites are often connected through proximity and infrastructure

Brownfields limit the economic, environmental and social prosperity of their surroundings Approaching brownfields cleanup and reuse collectively within

the area can be more effective than a single site focus Strategic site(s) can serve as the catalysts for area revitalization

– projects focus around those opportunities Area revitalization is critical to the successful long-term reuse of

the brownfields

USING AN AREA WIDE APPROACH

Groundwork Hudson Valley,

NY AWP Grant

Local planning meeting

Local trail design concept

BF AWP GRANT COMPETITIONSThree rounds held so far

FY10 = 23 pilot projects16 local governments, 1 tribe, 5 non-profits, 1 regional planning commission

FY13 = 20 projects14 local governments, 5 non-profits, 1 regional planning agency

FY15 = 20 projects have been selectedProject areas included waterfronts, old industrial areas, neighborhoods, downtown districts, commercial corridors

* For FY17, the request for proposals will be announced this Spring !

Ironbound Community Corporation, Newark NJ

IDEAS & LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 23 PILOT PROJECTS

7 Cross-Project Themes • Manage for Successful Community

Involvement• Form and Maintain Strong and

Supportive Partnerships • Identify What Is Feasible• Prioritize Sites and Projects• Develop Strategies for Plan

Implementation Throughout the BF AWP Process

• Maximize Resources Through Targeted Project Area Investments and Leveraging

• Maintain Strong Project Management Throughout the Project

Summary and full report at:http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/areawide_grants.htm

ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL/RURAL COMMUNITIES

• 60% of proposals received were from non-urban communities. Increase over FY13 when it was 57%.

• 44% of those were 10k pop or less. • Recommended funding 63% non-urban and 37% urban

– commensurate w/ what we received.• Micro-community success rate of 31% - commensurate

w/ our overall success rate of 30%. • Other assistance for small/rural communities:

• Provide technical assistance in proposal reviews through our TAB providers

• TBAs for those not successful or without the capacity to manage a grant

• EPA outreach/Land Revitalization assistance

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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO BROWNFIELDS (TAB)

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Tools• Workshops and

Webinars • Resource Center• Special Projects• One-on-One Assistance• Web-based Tools• Newsletters and Case

Studies

Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR)Serves EPA Regions 2, 4, 9, & 10Sarah Sieloff(415) 398-1080sarah.sieloff@cclr.orgWebsite: www.CCLR.org

Technical assistance provided through the TAB Program helps communities across the country increase their

understanding and involvement in brownfields cleanup and revitalization and assists in moving brownfields sites

forward in the process toward cleanup and reuse.Areas of assistance include: Community and stakeholder involvement, Health impacts of brownfield sites, Science and technology relating to brownfield site assessment, remediation, and site preparation activities, Brownfield finance, Integrated approaches to brownfield cleanup and redevelopment, Sources of brownfields assessment and cleanup funding, State brownfields and voluntary cleanup program requirements, and Brownfields redevelopment activities

TARGETED BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENTS (TBA)

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TBAs may include:• An “all appropriate inquiries” assessment (Phase I),

including a historical investigation and a preliminary site inspection;

• A more in-depth environmental site assessment (Phase II), including sampling activities to identify the types and concentrations of contaminants and the areas to be cleaned; and

• Evaluation of cleanup options and/or cost estimates based on future uses and redevelopment plans.

Eligible entities include: state, local and tribal governments;general purpose units of local government, land clearanceauthorities or other quasi-governmental entities; regional council or redevelopment agencies; states or legislatures; or nonprofitorganizations.

The TBA program is not a grant program, but a service provided

through an EPA contract in which EPA directs a contractor to conduct

environmental assessment activities to address the requester’s needs.

Unlike grants, EPA does not provide funding directly to the entity requesting the services. TBA

assistance isavailable through EPA’s Regional

Brownfields offices.

NEW TRAINING, RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

• Council of Development Finance Agencies ($999k, 5 years)• Provide direct technical assistance through workshops, project

marketplaces and project response teams to identify financing options for brownfields projects

• Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech ($1 M, 5 years)• Develop and pilot test a “Community Benefits Calculator”

• Groundwork USA ($928k, 5 years)• Provide direct technical assistance to low-income communities, w/

focus on BF AWP grantees, to integrate community involvement in the planning processes for brownfields reuses, including equitable development strategies.

• Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute (HMTRI) ($998k, 5 years)• Provide direct technical assistance to existing and potential Brownfields

Job Training grantees with peer-to-peer networking and trainings

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BIOMASS

SOLAR

RE-Powering America’s Land Encourages renewable energy development on current

and formerly contaminated lands, landfills and mine sites when such development is aligned with the community's

vision for the site.

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EPA’S RE-POWERING AMERICA’S LAND PROGRAM

• Provides technical assistance support to parties interested in siting renewable energy development on contaminated sites (brownfields, superfund sites, RCRA sites)

• More information visit: http://www.epa.gov/oswercpa/

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Thank You

Schenine MitchellBrownfields Program Manager

U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMitchell.Schenine@epa.gov

(212) 637-3283

http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land-revitalization-new-jersey-new-york-

puerto-rico-and-us-virgin

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