About The Brownfields Program

The North Carolina Brownfields Program, authorized by the state statute known as the Brownfields Property Reuse Act, provides a mechanism to treat prospective developers of brownfield sites differently than the parties responsible for contaminating them. Prospective developers negotiate a brownfields agreement with the program that defines activities needed to make the site suitable for reuse, rather than cleaning up the site to regulatory standards (which responsible parties are required to do).

Latest News

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22 Economic Recovery Act adds to Local Brownfields Funding Availability

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the availability of recovery act funds to supplement grant programs designed to facilitate redevelopment of brownfields properties. The major brownfields funding announcements include $40 million for eligible brownfields revolving loan fund, or RLF, grants, $38 million added to the brownfields assessment and cleanup grant programs, and $5 million in additional job training grant opportunities. Specific information on these programs including eligible entities, deadlines, and submitting a request for recovery act supplemental funding is available at EPA’s website here. Various North Carolina local government entities are planning to seek these funds. News on their efforts will be posted here in the near future. Specific information on this and other state-related economic recovery news can also be found at NCRecovery.gov.

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27 Brownfields Grant Opportunities Workshops Recap

Thanks to all the speakers and attendees of the Brownfields Grant Workshops sponsored by the Brownfields Program, the NC Rural Center, and the U.S. EPA for helping to make these events such a success. All told there were more than 110 attendees of both workshops. We hope that you received information on tools and tips to help you succeed in obtaining grants for brownfields redevelopment and organizing brownfields teams in your local jurisdiction. The Brownfields Program would like to thank Bill McNeil of the NC Rural Center for his outstanding partnering efforts in the planning, organizing, and co-sponsoring of the workshops, and also to Mike Norman of the US EPA Region 4 for making two individual trips from Atlanta to make sure our local governments received the latest word from the U.S. EPA.
Click here to view the Powerpoint presentations from each workshop.

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25 Revised Proposal Guidlines for EPA Brownfields Grants

The U.S. EPA has recently posted revised proposal guidelines for its Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup Grants. The deadline for submitting proposals for this round of grants is November 14, 2008.
Click here to visit the Brownfields Funding Information page on EPA's website.