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12.A.2 ?002 BROWNFIELDS FUNDING WORK HOPS The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region § Brownfields Team is partnering with the California Center for Land Recycling to host three free workshops to assi?~ ~ommunitie~ inter. · ~ ir gglying for brownfields assessment, cleanup and revolving loan luna ~rant hese gr,~' prov una to assist communi- ties that plan to return contaminated (or potentially contamina~.. ~ properti~-. .: ack ~ )duc ye reuse. The workshops will focus on helping participants understand the basic elements of the grant programs, the new process for submitting grant proposals, and the required proposal elements. Representatives from EPA will be present to help answer your questions. This will be the first year that funding for brownfields grants will be awarded under the new Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Act (SBLRA) signed by President Bush on January 11, 2002. On October gth, EPA will issue in the Federal Register its request for proposals for these brownfields grants. The final guidelines may be downloaded from the EPA's national brownfields webpage by pasting the following link into your web browser: www.epa.gov/brownfields/pdfJguide1002.pdf. The due date for the assessment, revolving loan fund, and cleanup grant proposals is December 1§, 200;). 2002 Workshop Dates & Locations October 22nd October 24th November 19th City Hall, Room 1010 Department of Toxic Substances Ron Dellums Federal Building 201 North Main Street Control 3rd Floor Auditorium, North Tower Los Angeles, CA 90012 8800 Cai Center Drive 1301 Clay Street Sacramento, CA 95826 Oakland, CA 94612 Please register for the workshop most convenient for you. You may register online at http://www.cclr.org/ new.html. EPA REQUESTS PROPOSALS FOR BROWNFIELDS GRANT AWARDS IN FY 2003 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting proposals for national brownfields assessment, revolving loan fund and cleanup grants. These grants are part of the new Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act signed by President Bush in January 2002 to help states and communities around the country clean up and revitalize Brownfield sites. As part of his FY 2003 budget request, the President has called for a doubling of money for the Brownfields program to $200 million. (Brownfields are abandoned, idled or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination.) EPA estimates that funds will be available to make up to 200 grant awards, almost double last year's awards, contingent upon availability of funds in the agency's 2003 budget. These grants may be used to address sites contaminated by petroleum and hazardous substances (including substances mixed with petroleum.) The brownfields assessment grants (each funded up to $200,000 over two years) provide funding for a grant recipient to inventory, characterize, assess and conduct planning and community involvement related to Brownfield sites. Continued on Page 3 PAGE 2/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org