[CPEO-BIF] California revolving loan proposal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

ANNOUNCEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL'S PROPOSAL FOR 
BROWNFIELDS REVOLVING LOAN FUND GRANT

The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is seeking your input 
to the draft proposal to receive funding through the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) that will assist with 
brownfields revitalization activities throughout the State.  DTSC is 
seeking $3.0 million in funds to create a revolving loan fund. U.S. 
EPA's deadline for submission of assessment, cleanup, and revolving loan 
fund grant proposals for the federal 2006 fiscal year budget is December 
14, 2005.  Public comment to these proposals will need to be received by 
DTSC prior to the deadline date.

The grants are part of the Small Business Liability Relief and 
Brownfields Revitalization Act to help states and communities to assess 
and clean up Brownfields sites.  Brownfields sites are defined as "*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."

DTSC is applying as the primary grant recipient for a $3.0 million 
revolving loan fund (RLF) grant as a coalition partner with the Cities 
of Los Angeles and San Francisco to address brownfields sites 
contaminated with hazardous substances and petroleum.  The program is 
designed to provide funding to eligible sites within the State to 
capitalize a revolving loan fund and provide subgrants to carry out 
cleanup activities and return properties to productive use.  Subgrants 
are restricted to $200,000 for each site.  Each coalition agency is 
limited to $1.0 million.  DTSC, in partnership with the California State 
Rural Health Association, will also target a portion of the funds on 
rural communities impacted by brownfields sites.

The public is encouraged to provide comments to the draft proposal, 
which is publicly available online at www.dtsc.ca.gov or by contacting 
Megan Cambridge at (916) 255-3727 or by email MCambrid@dtsc.ca.gov.  For 
more information on U. S. EPA's Brownfields Program or to obtain a copy 
online of the "Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving 
Loan Fund and Cleanup Grants" please refer to:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/pg/guidelines_2005_toc_fy05.htm.




Megan Cambridge
Brownfields Coordinator
Site Mitigation & Brownfields Reuse Program
phone  916.255.3727
fax  916.255.6621


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