The following information indicates which entities are eligible to apply as the lead entity for an Assessment Coalition Grant.
• State
• County government.
• Regional Council established under governmental authority (e.g., regional planning
commissions).
• Group of General Purpose Units of Local Government established under Federal, state, or
local law (e.g., councils of governments) to function as a single legal entity with authority to
enter into binding agreements with the Federal Government.
• Federally recognized Indian Tribe other than in Alaska.
• Alaska Native Regional Corporation, Alaska Native Village Corporation, and Metlakatla
Indian Community.
The following information indicates which entities are eligible to participate as a non-lead
member for an Assessment Coalition Grant.
• General Purpose Unit of Local Government. [For purposes of the EPA Brownfields Grant
Program, EPA uses the definition of Local government at 2 CFR § 200.1: Local government
means a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority (including any
public and Indian housing agency under the United States Housing Act of 1937), school
district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments (whether or not
incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under state law), any other regional or interstate
government entity, or any agency or instrumentality of a local government.]
• Land Clearance Authority or another quasi-governmental entity that operates under the
supervision and control of, or as an agent of, a General Purpose Unit of Local Government.
• Government Entity Created by State Legislature.
• Regional Council established under governmental authority or group of General Purpose
Units of Local Government established under Federal, state, or local law (e.g., councils of
governments) to function as a single legal entity with authority to enter into binding
agreements with the Federal Government.
• Redevelopment Agency that is chartered or otherwise sanctioned by a state.
• Federally recognized Indian Tribe other than in Alaska. (The exclusion of Tribes from
Alaska, with the exception of the Metlakatla Indian Community as noted below, from
Brownfields Grant eligibility is statutory at CERCLA § 104(k)(1). Intertribal Consortia,
comprised of eligible Indian Tribes, are eligible for funding in accordance with EPA’s policy
for funding intertribal consortia published in the Federal Register on November 4, 2002, at
67 Fed. Reg. 67181.
• Alaska Native Regional Corporation, Alaska Native Village Corporation, and Metlakatla
Indian Community.
• Nonprofit organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
• Limited liability corporation in which all managing members are 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organizations or limited liability corporations whose sole members are 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organizations.
• Limited partnership in which all general partners are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations or
limited liability corporations whose sole members are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
• Qualified community development entity as defined in section 45D(c)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
The EPA’s Brownfields Program provides funds to empower states, Tribal Nations, communities, and nonprofit organizations to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. This funding opportunity will award assessment grants to develop inventories of brownfield sites, prioritize sites, conduct community involvement activities, conduct planning, conduct site assessments, develop site-specific cleanup plans, and develop reuse plans related to brownfield sites. A portion of the Assessment Grant funding must be used to conduct site assessments.