EPA Mid Atlantic RegionBrownfields Grant Update

Joe NowakUS EPA Region 3215-814-3303

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TOPICS

• Brownfield Competition/Request for Proposals

• FY 17 Proposal Training SessionToday 3:00 – 4:30

• Leveraging

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Past Brownfield ARC Grant Awards

FY2016 FY2015

Nationwide Region 3 WV Nationwide Region 3 WV

GrantRequests Received

698 36 10 729 47 16

GrantRequests Funded

218 13 6 253 32 8

Assessments Funded 145 5 1 179 27 5

RLFs Funded 14 2 1 - - -

Cleanups Funded 59 6 4 64 5 3

Total Funding Awarded

$55.2 M $3.998 M $1.979 $54.3 M $7.3 M $1.6M3

FY17 Assessment and Cleanup Grant Competition Timeline

Guidelines Issued September 2016

Proposals/Requests Due November 2016

Selections/Decisions March/April 2017

Announcement April/May 2017

** Dates are subject to change **4

FY17 Proposal Guideline Changes

• New Guidelines revised for compliance– streamline criteria– better reflect info required by EPA– minor point shifts between 5 major sections

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FY17 Proposal Guideline Changes

• Clarify Timing & Implementation• Clarify Roles of Partnerships• Terminology changes

– Targeted Community to Targeted Area• Neighborhood, census tract, corridor• ID sites in this area• Residents’ proximity

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Grant FundsAssessment Funding in Fiscal Year 2017• Community-Wide Proposals: Up to $300,000 for hazardous substances AND

petroleum in the same competition cycle MAXIMUM of $200k for each TYPE – Haz or Petro

• Site-Specific Proposals: Up to $200,000 May seek waiver and request up to $350,000

• Assessment Coalition Proposals: Up to $600,000

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Grant Funds

Cleanup Funding in Fiscal Year 2017

• Funding remains the SAME:

Up to $200,000 per site (total of 3 sites per applicant)

Requires a 20% cost share

Revolving Loan Fund and Area-Wide PlanningGrants will NOT be issued in FY17

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Proposal Submission Instructions

• Applicants MUST submit their complete proposal package through www.grants.gov.

• Obtain DUNS number and register in www.sam.gov ASAP.– MAKE SURE YOUR ACCOUNT IS ACTIVE PAST

DEADLINE (Annual renewal required)

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IMPORTANT!Proposal Submission Instructions

• Applicants MUST BOTH:– Submit their complete proposal package by

deadline– Proposal must be successfully RECEIVED and

VALIDATED by grants.gov by deadline• IF NOT, PROPOSAL WILL BE

CONSIDERED LATE AND WILL BE REJECTED!

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What is Received & Validated???Within 24 to 48 hours after www.grants.gov has received your submission, www.grants.gov will send you two email messages.

+ FIRST MSG: will confirm receipt of your application by the www.grants.gov system, and

+ SECOND MSG: will indicate that the application has either been successfully validatedby the system prior to transmission to EPA or has been rejected due to errors.

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TRAINING TODAY!!!• Proposal Guidelines Training

– TODAY 3:00 – 4:30– Hosted by NJIT & EPA

• Overview of EPA Brownfields Grants Application Process – PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

• To Do List & Early Start Guide Handout• Helpful Hints for Each Section

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National Guideline Outreach Webinar• EPA's Office of Grants and Debarment will be

hosting a webinar for the EPA grants community.

• The webinar will cover grants topics, including: how to find and apply for grant opportunities.

• Details will be posted on the OBLR website in the future: www.epa.gov/brownfields/apply-brownfields-grant-funding

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Brownfields Homepage: www.epa.gov/brownfields

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FUTURE TRAINING

• R3 Proposal Webinars – not scheduled for FY17

• Potential for Regional On-Site trainings

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• SUMMARY of CHANGES document will be posted with the announcement

• IMPORTANT: refer to this document to see the details of changes between FY16 and FY17.– Check website for FAQs Document &

Grants.gov tip sheet, submission checklists

• If you have any questions on how to apply, wish to discuss if your project is eligible, or wish to be added to our mailing list, or any other brownfield question, please contact:

Joe Nowak, EPA Region 3 Project Manager215-814-3303 or nowak.joseph@epa.gov 16

Setting the Stage for

Leveraging Resources for

Brownfields Revitalization

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Highlights of Leveraging Guide

• A background on brownfields and the challenge of funding revitalization.

• A step-by-step guide to help localities organize efforts to pursue and secure funding from a variety of sources for brownfields and community revitalization.

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Key Steps in Successful Leveraging

• Project Team w/Local Leadership• Clear Vision & Revitalization Priorities• Build & Maintain Support• Project Components & Phases• Cost Estimates• Funding Sources• Resource Roadmap

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Key Steps in Successful Leveraging

• Match Share & Leveraging Local Funds• Debt Financing• Briefing Sheet• State Backing• Federal Agency Collaboration• Grant Writing• Celebrate Success

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Highlights of Leveraging Guide• Success-story case studies showing how

three communities (Dubuque, Iowa; Charles Town/Ranson, West Virginia; and Stamford, Connecticut) successfully leveragednumerous sources of funding for brownfields and community revitalization.

• An overview of assistance available from U.S. EPA for enhancing community capability to leverage available resources for brownfields projects.

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Brownfields Homepage: www.epa.gov/brownfieldsResources - Publications

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Collection of Post-Grant InformationGovernment Performance and Results Act

Leveraged, non-EPA funds may include additional cleanup funds or redevelopment funding from other federal agencies, state, tribal, and local governments, or private organizations.

As many of these activities occur beyond the grant period, please note that EPA may contact you well after the grant period of performance to collect this information.

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Demonstrate Leveraging

• An applicant can show leveraging by:– providing a copy of the notifying letter that

the organization received funding and attaching the signatory letter or cover sheet of grant funding.

– applicant can provide a letter from the entity identifying committed leveraged funds to the project.

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FIRM LEVERAGING

• Substantiated with attached letters in proposal

• Becomes a formal part of your cooperative agreement work plan

• DOCUMENT firm leveraging• Programmatic Capability measures past

performance

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QUESTIONS?

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