66.817: State and Tribal Response Program Grants

66.817

Active

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Sept. 21, 2022

Sept. 21, 2022

EPA's CERCLA Section 128(a) grant program funds activities that establish or enhance state and tribal response program capacity, capitalize revolving loan funds (RLFs), and support insurance mechanisms. The goal of this funding is to provide financial support to establish and enhance the four elements of an effective state or tribal response program as specified in CERCLA Section 128 and to ensure that states and tribes maintain a public record of sites included in their programs. In addition, the CERCLA Section 128(a) grant program provides technical assistance funding for training and research to small communities, Indian tribes, rural communities, and disadvantaged areas as defined in Section 128(a)(1)(B)(III)(iv). Funding Priorities - Fiscal Year 2022: Funding will be prioritized as follows: (1) Funding for program development activities to establish or enhance the four elements of a state or tribal response program and to enable states and tribes to comply with the public record requirement, including activities related to institutional controls. (States and tribes that have established one or more of the four elements will not be prejudiced in funding distributions if their work plan includes activities that enhance the four elements. States with Voluntary Cleanup Program Memorandum of Agreement will not be prejudiced in funding distributions if their work plan does not include tasks related to establishing or enhancing the four elements.) (2) Funding for program development activities to enhance the response program or the cleanup capacity of a state or tribal response program. (3) Funding for site-specific activities at eligible brownfields sites. (4) Funding for environmental insurance mechanisms. (5) Funding to capitalize brownfields cleanup RLFs. In addition, pursuant to Section 128(a)(1)(B)(ii)(III), the program will allocate up to $1.5 M of CERCLA 104(k) funding for technical assistance grants to small communities, Indian tribes, rural areas, or disadvantaged areas to carry out activities described in Section 9604(k)(7)(A). The maximum amount of technical assistance funding to support an individual community is $20,000.

A - Formula Grants (Cooperative Agreements)

States (as defined in CERCLA Section 101(27) and tribes (as defined in CERCLA Section 101(36) are eligible for funding under Section 128(a). To be eligible to receive funding under CERCLA Section 128(a), a state or tribe must demonstrate that its response program includes, or is taking reasonable steps to include, the four elements of a response program. States or tribes that are parties to voluntary response program memoranda of agreement (MOAs) are automatically eligible for Section 128(a) funding. Additionally, states and tribes, including those with MOAs, must maintain and make available to the public a record of sites at which response actions have been completed in the previous year and are planned to be addressed in the upcoming year in order to qualify for Section 128(a) funding.

Not Applicable

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