[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 46 (Monday, March 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13647-13648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04682]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10006-24-OLEM]


FY2020 Supplemental Funding for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund 
(RLF) Grantees

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of the availability of funds.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to make 
available approximately $5 million to provide supplemental funds to 
Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) cooperative agreements previously awarded 
competitively under section 104(k)(3) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). EPA 
will consider awarding supplemental funding only to RLF grantees who 
have demonstrated an ability to deliver programmatic results by making 
at least one loan or subgrant. The award of these funds is based on the 
criteria described at CERCLA 104(k)(5)(A)(ii). The Agency is now 
accepting requests for supplemental funding from RLF grantees. Specific 
information on submitting a request for RLF supplemental funding is 
described below and additional information may be obtained by 
contacting the appropriate EPA Regional Brownfields Coordinator listed 
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: Requests for funding must be submitted to the appropriate EPA 
Regional Brownfields Coordinator listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
by April 8, 2020.

ADDRESSES: A request for supplemental funding must be in the form of a 
letter addressed to the appropriate Regional Brownfields Coordinator 
listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION with a copy to Rachel Congdon at 
congdon.rachel@epa.gov and to Rachel Lentz at ff939a918b85d18d9e9c979a93bf9a8f9ed1989089.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Congdon, Office of Brownfields 
and Land Revitalization, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number (202) 
566-1564; email address: congdon.rachel@epa.gov. You may also contact 
the appropriate Regional Brownfields Coordinator listed under 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 
Act added section 104(k) to CERCLA to authorize federal financial 
assistance for brownfields revitalization, including grants for 
assessment, cleanup and job training. Section 104(k) includes a 
provision for EPA to, among other things, award grants to eligible 
entities to capitalize Revolving Loan Funds and to provide loans and 
subgrants for brownfields cleanup. Section 104(k)(5)(A)(ii) authorizes 
EPA to make additional grant funds available to RLF grantees for any 
year after the year for which the initial grant is made (noncompetitive 
RLF supplemental funding) taking into consideration:
    (I) The number of sites and number of communities that are 
addressed by the revolving loan fund;
    (II) the demand for funding by eligible entities that have not 
previously received a grant under this subsection;
    (III) the demonstrated ability of the eligible entity to use the 
revolving loan fund to enhance remediation and provide funds on a 
continuing basis; and
    (IV) such other similar factors as the Agency considers appropriate 
to carry out this subsection.

II. Eligibility

    In order to be considered for supplemental funding, grantees must 
demonstrate that they have significantly depleted funds (both EPA grant 
funding and any available program income) and that they have a clear 
plan for utilizing requested additional funds in a timely manner. 
Grantees must demonstrate that they have made at least one loan or 
subgrant prior to applying for this supplemental funding and have 
significantly depleted existing available funds. For FY2020, EPA 
defines ``significantly depleted funds'' as uncommitted, available 
funding is 25% or less of total RLF funds awarded under all open and 
closed grants and cannot exceed $600,000. For new RLF recipients with 
an award of $1 million or less, funds will be consider significantly 
depleted if the uncommitted, available funding does not exceed 
$300,000. Additionally, the RLF recipient must have demonstrated a need 
for supplemental funding based on, among other factors, the list of 
potential projects in the RLF program pipeline; demonstrated the 
ability to make loans and subgrants for cleanups that can be started, 
completed, and will lead to redevelopment; demonstrated the ability to 
administer and revolve the RLF by generating program income; 
demonstrated an ability to use the RLF grant to address funding gaps 
for cleanup; and demonstrated that they have provided for past and will 
provide for future community benefit from past and potential loan(s) 
and/or subgrant(s). EPA encourages innovative approaches to maximize 
revolving and leveraging with other funds, including use of grants 
funds as a loan loss guarantee or combining with other government or 
private sector lending resources. Applicants for supplemental funding 
must contact the appropriate Regional Brownfields Coordinator below to 
obtain information on the format for supplemental funding applications 
for their region.

III. Regional Brownfields Coordinators

     EPA Region 1 (for CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT): Joe 
Ferrari, 5 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109-3912; telephone number 
(617) 918-1105; email address: Ferrari.Joe@epa.gov.
     EPA Region 2 (for NJ, NY, PR, and VI): Alison Devine, 290 
Broadway, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10007; telephone number (212) 637-
4158; email address: Devine.Alison@epa.gov.
     EPA Region 3 (for DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, and WV): Brett 
Gilmartin, 1650 Arch Street, Mail Code 3HS51, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19103-2029; telephone number (215) 814-3405; email 
address: Gilmartin.Brett@epa.gov.
     EPA Region 4 (for AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, and TN): 
Derek Street, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW, 10TH FL, 
Atlanta, GA 30303-8960; telephone number (404) 562-8574; email address: 
Street.Derek@epa.gov.
     EPA Region 5 (for IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI): Keary 
Cragan, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Mail Code SB-5J, Chicago, Illinois 
60604-3507; telephone number (312) 353-5669; email address: 
Cragan.Keary@epa.gov.
     EPA Region 6 (for AR, LA, NM, OK, and TX): Camisha Scott, 
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200 (6SF-PB), Dallas, Texas 75202-2733; 
telephone number (214) 665-6755; email address: Scott.Camisha@epa.gov.
     EPA Region 7 (for IA, KS, MO, and NE): Susan Klein, 11201 
Renner Blvd., Lenexa, Kansas 66219; telephone number (913) 551-7786; 
email address: R7_Brownfields@epa.gov.
     EPA Region 8 (for CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY): Ted 
Lanzano, 1595 Wynkoop Street (EPR-B), Denver, CO 80202-1129; telephone 
number (303) 312-6596; email address: Lanzano.Ted@epa.gov.
     EPA Region 9 (for AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS, and GU): Noemi 
Emeric-Ford, 75 Hawthorne Street, WST-8, San Francisco, CA 94105; 
telephone number (213) 244-1821; email address: Emeric-Ford.Noemi@epa.gov.

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     EPA Region 10 (for AK, ID, OR, and WA): Susan Morales, 
1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Mailstop: ECL-112 Seattle, WA 98101; 
telephone number (206) 553-7299; email address: Morales.Susan@epa.gov.

    Dated: March 3, 2020.
David Lloyd,
Director, Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, Office of Land 
and Emergency Management.
[FR Doc. 2020-04682 Filed 3-6-20; 8:45 am]
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