Brownfields Toolbox

As the report explains, "The cornerstone of EPA's Brownfields Program is its investment in Brownfields Pilots. Three types of pilots are provided 'seed' money to jump-start state and local efforts to assess, clean up, and leverage redevelopment of brownfields. Brownfields Assessment grants fund environmental assessment of brownfields as well as local inventories, grants provide state, tribal, and local governments with capital to make low or no interest loans to finance brownfields cleanups. Brownfields Job Development and Training grants benefit communities affected by brownfields contamination by providing funding to organizations to develop local job training programs related to brownfields cleanup for their residents. These programs help ensure that the economic benefits derived from assessment and clenup activities stay in the communities that suffer from the adverse effects of brownfields." New in 2003 were Cleanup Grants that provide funding to carry out cleanup activities at brownfields. A grantee must own the properties for which it is requesting funding. In addition, EPA funds Petroleum Brownfields grants specifically targeted at assessing and cleaning up petroleum-contaminated sites.

Objective - EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, cities, tribes, communities, and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to:

• Environmentally assess existing sites
• Prevent further contamination
• Safely clean up polluted sites
• Design plans to reuse them

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