Program Administrative Revisions

The NC Brownfields Program is instituting some new procedures for applying to the program and for fees.

Program Application Process: The Program is eliminating the Letter of Intent for entry into the Program. The Program is now requiring applications to be submitted using our new Brownfields Property Application form. In starting with a Letter of Intent, the Program believed that approach would allow for maximum flexibility, but over time the Program was seeing widely varying degrees of compliance with the submittal of necessary information. Regardless of how much guidance the Program provided, letters often had to be revised or supplemented with additional information requests. Utilizing a standardized form for submittals will ensure the Program receives the information it requires up-front and will expedite the eligibility determination process.
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Program Fees: As has been mentioned previously, it has become a necessity for the Program to add staff to meet increasing demand. In doing so, the statute requires we charge an additional fee to cover the cost of running the Program for the state. The statute requires an initial fee of $2,000 which has always been charged by the Program since its inception. However, this fee will now be due as soon as the project is deemed eligible by the Program. A second fee of $3,500 will be due prior to DENR executing the agreement. This second fee has always been in the statute but has not been charged previously because all Program costs to the state have been offset by funds from the US EPA. That is no longer the case, and these combined fees will now be required to offset the costs to the state.