[CPEO-BIF] EPA to award Area-Wide Planning Pilot grants

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

For years, environmental justice advocates have been touting the 
advantages of area-wide planning and the importance of community 
involvement in such planning. One of the most articulate advocates of 
this approach has been Mathy Stanislaus, now Assistant EPA Administrator 
for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, so it's not 
surprising that EPA is launching a pilot program, through which it 
expects to award 20 $175,000 two-year grants. The application deadline 
is June 1, 2010.

The announcement begins:

Area-Wide Planning Pilot Program

EPA announces the availability of grant funds and direct assistance 
(through Agency contract support) and solicits proposals from eligible 
entities to facilitate community involvement in area-wide planning 
approaches to brownfields assessment, cleanup and subsequent reuse. 
Area-wide planning grant funding and technical assistance will be 
directed to brownfields-impacted areas, such as a neighborhood, 
district, city block or corridor. The grant funding and direct 
assistance will result in an area-wide plan which will inform the 
assessment, cleanup and reuse of brownfields properties and promote 
area-wide revitalization. EPA anticipates selecting approximately 20 
pilot projects through this competitive opportunity. The deadline for 
proposal receipt (postmarked hard copy or via email) is June 1, 2010.

EPA is soliciting these proposals under section 104(k)(6) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), as amended under the Small Business Liability Relief and 
Brownfields Revitalization Act (Brownfields Law).

For more information, see http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/areawide_grants.htm


CPEO already has an EPA 104(k)6 grant for research, training and 
technical assistance, so at this time we do not expect to apply directly 
for an Area-Wide Pilot grant, even though non-profits are eligible. 
Instead, we would like to help communities - government or 
non-government entities - establish such pilots, and we may be willing 
to partner with applicants to help make their programs successful.

Lenny


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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