USEPA Brownfields Funding

DISCUSS: Brownfields Process, Available Funding & Nevada Specific

Examples

Definition: “Brownfield” (federal)

A Brownfields site is real property …

the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.

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Brownfields Goal is Sustainable Revitalization

• Equitable Development• Affordable Housing• Infill Development – Main Street/

Downtown• Climate Resiliency• Transit Oriented Development• Complete Streets - Bikeshare

Achieving Success: What Makes a Good Project?

• Public Benefit - contributes to community’s quality of life

• Community Need - enhances the local economy, creates jobs, and maintains cultural significance

• Sustainable Revitalization - green building, alternative energy, open space, low impact development, climate change adaptation, etc.

• Partnership - community engagement, environmental justice, leveraging and generate public/private support

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How to utilize Brownfields funding…

Revitalization

Cleanup

Planning

Assessment

SiteDiscovery

Site Discovery: Community Opportunities

Reduce environmental and health risks Promote economic development and

jobs Expand the tax base of local

governments Improve quality of life and preserve

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Environmental Site AssessmentPhase I Records review, visual

inspection & interviews with property owners

Provide indications of whether an environmental release has occurred

Cost range: $3,000 to $10,000

Site access is not absolutely necessary

Environmental Site Assessment

Phase II On-site soil, soil gas &

groundwater sampling Determine type & extent

of contamination Used by prospective

purchasers to estimate purchase price

Cost range: $15,000-$85,000

Site access is necessary

Common Types of Contamination• Hazardous Substances

• Petroleum• Asbestos Containing Materials & Lead Based

Paint • Substances used in illegal drug manufacturing

(e.g., meth labs and marijuana farms)• Other environmental contaminants (e.g.,

pesticides)

Cleanup Remedies

• Capping• Pump and treat• Soil Excavation• Soil Vapor

Extraction

• Phytoremediation or Bioremediation

Revitalization

The Brownfield Program:Types of Grants Assessment Grants Cleanup Grants Environmental Workforce

Development Job Training (EWDJT) Revolving Loan Fund Research, training and technical

assistance

The Brownfield Program:Assessment Grants Funding to plan, inventory, conduct assessments,

community involvement, market feasibility studies and cleanup/redevelopment planning

Amount:– Coalitions up to $600,000– Site-specific up to $350,000– Communitywide up to $300,000

Award ~150 grants annually Who is eligible?

– State, local, tribal governments and non-profits

Next Solicitation: Fall 2018

Mixed-Use DevelopmentNational City, CA

Transit Oriented DevelopmentMesa, AZ

Open SpaceBlue Greenway - San

Francisco, CA

The Brownfield Program:Cleanup Grants Who is eligible?

Applicants must own the property at time of application Government entities Tribes Non-profit organizations

Funding: Up to $500,000 for one or more sites

($650,000 with a waiver) Requires a 20% cost share Award ~60 grants annually

Next Solicitation: Fall 2018

Transit Oriented DevelopmentAffordable Housing Project

Jacobs Center – San Diego, CASan Diego, CA

The Brownfield Program:Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) Grants

Provide funding to recruit, train, and place graduates Support training in various environmental programs

(e.g., hazardous cleanup, lead/asbestos abatement, solar installation)

Who is eligible? Government entities and tribes Colleges and universities Non-profits

Funding: Up to $200,000 each Award ~16 grants per solicitation

Next Solicitation: Spring 2019

Environmental Workforce Development

Renewable Energy Richmond, CA & Tonopah, NV

The Brownfield Program:Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants Funding to provide loans and subgrants for

remediation Who is eligible?State, local, and tribal governmentsGeneral purpose units of local governmentsNon-profit organizations

Funding:Up to $1,000,000 (typically around $800,000

in past years) Requires a 20% cost share Award ~12 RLFs

every other year

Next Solicitation: • Supplemental RLF: February 2019• RLF: Fall 2019

Affordable HousingWarehouse Artist Lofts –

Sacramento, CA

The Brownfield Program:Types of Technical Assistance

Targeted Brownfield Assessments (TBA)

Technical Assistance for Brownfields Communities (TAB)

Other Research, Training and Technical Assistance Grantees

The Brownfields Program:Targeted Brownfields Assessments EPA conducts

assessments Must have leveraged

funds for redevelopment Requests on a rolling

basis through online application

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The Brownfield Program:Technical Assistance to Brownfield Communities (TAB) Grants

Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR)https://www.cclr.org/ Offer assistance with: developing a brownfield program establishing site inventories reviewing historical site information designing an investigation or sampling analysis plan planning for redevelopment community engagement workshops, webinars and geographic based

meetings preparing grant proposals

The Brownfield Program:Other Research, Training and Technical Assistance Grants

Provide Assistance through September 2019Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) https://www.cdfa.net/

– Free technical assistance to communities - how to finance economic development on brownfields

– Resources» financing toolkit

» webinar series (with archives of past sessions available)

» direct technical assistance - connects your project to finance experts through on-site project response teams

The Brownfield Program:Other Research, Training and Technical Assistance Grants

Groundwork USA https://groundworkusa.org/– Free technical assistance on how to incorporate

equitable development into brownfields projectsGroundwork can support: – Feasibility assessments of projects and opportunities

identified through community planning efforts– Design and sequencing of near and long-term place-

based strategies– Development of tactical, locally based work groups

and partnerships– One-on-one, direct technical assistance (communities

request assistance via form on GW USA website)

Northern Nevada Development Authority (NNDA)

Assessment Grants:– $600,000 in 2014 Lyon &

Churchill Counties, NV

– $600,000 in 2017 Carson City & Douglas County, NV

– $600,000 in 2018 Lyon & Churchill Counties, NV

Completed 45 Phase I site assessmentsCompleted 5

Phase II site assessmentsCompleted

Regional Areawide Plan

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Churchill Counties, NV

William N. Pennington Life CenterFallon, NV

Credit: Silver State Photography

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Nevada Certified Sites Designation is a pre-qualification:

• property’s title is clear• sufficient utilities and infrastructure for commercial reuse• properly zoned• transportation access

Reduces developer risk Polaris Industries

• Selected 37 acre site in Fernley for 475,000 SF distribution center

• Employ up to 100 people• Ground breaking this year, completion slated for 2019

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Rural Desert Southwest Brownfields Coalition

• Esmeralda County (NV)• Lincoln County (NV)• Inyo County (CA)• Mineral County (NV)• Nye County (NV)• White Pine County (NV)• Duckwater Shoshone Tribe

(NV)

2011 – Assessment Grant $1,000,000

2013 – RLF Grant $1,000,000

2014 – Assessment Grant $600,000

2017 – Assessment Grant $600,000

2018 – RLF Grant $800,000

Upcoming RLF CleanupsTonopah, NVTonopah Airport FBO

Building

World-War II Era building

Contaminants (both projects): asbestos, lead, hydrocarbons

Nye County Public Works Buildings

Early 20th century buildings located near mine mill

$200,000 RLF loan (both projects) to Nye County for clean-up

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Transit Oriented DevelopmentLas Vegas Valley

Clark County – Maryland Parkway Project– $500,000 Assessment Grant 2015

City of Henderson – Boulder Highway Project– $550,000 Communitywide Assessment Grant

2016

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$550,000 Communitywide Assessment Grant 2016

New Funding Opportunities Coming …

Multi-Purpose Grants– Up to $1,000,000– Inventory, characterization, assessment, planning,

cleanup

Small Community Technical Assistance Grants– Funding for states and tribes to provide training,

technical assistance or research for small and disadvantaged communities (15,000 pop or less)

– Up to $20,000 per community

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Contact Information

Lisa HanusiakUS EPA Brownfields Program

415-972-3152hanusiak.lisa@epa.gov

www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land-revitalization-california-arizona-nevada-and-hawaii