Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 16.11.2000

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 104; Announcement of Proposal Deadline for the Competition for Fiscal Year 2001 Supplemental Assistance to the National Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin to accept proposals for supplemental assistance for the National Brownfields Assessment Pilots on November 16, 2000. Assessment pilots awarded on or before September 30, 1999, may apply for up to $150,000 for continuance and expansion of their brownfields assessment efforts. This supplemental funding will be awarded on a competitive basis. Recipients of supplemental assessment pilot funding in FY2000 and Showcase Community funding in FY2001 are not eligible to apply. In fiscal year 2001, an additional $50,000 may be awarded to an applicant to assess the contamination of a brownfields site(s) that is or will be used for greenspace purposes. Greenspace purposes may include, but are not limited to, parks, playgrounds, trails, gardens, habitat restoration, open space, and/or greenspace preservation. EPA expects to select up to 10 National brownfields assessment pilots to receive supplemental assistance by April 2001. The deadline for proposals for the 2001 supplemental assistance is January 8, 2001. Proposals must be post-marked or sent to EPA via registered or tracked mail by the stated deadline. The supplemental assis