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