FY26 Guidelines for Brownfield Multipurpose (MP) Grants

Background
The Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization (OBLR) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of $20 million to award approximately 20 cooperative agreements for the Multipurpose Grant Program. The goal of this grant program is to empower communities to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites, thereby revitalizing areas historically affected by economic disinvestment and environmental contamination.

Grant Details
Multipurpose Grants provide funding for a range of eligible assessment and cleanup activities including: developing inventories of brownfield sites; prioritizing sites; conducting community involvement activities; conducting environmental site assessments; developing cleanup plans and reuse plans related to brownfield sites; conducting cleanup activities on brownfield sites owned by the applicant; and developing an overall plan for revitalization. An applicant may request funding up to $1,000,000 to address hazardous substances and/or petroleum contamination at one or more brownfield sites. Activities at each approved site may exceed $200,000. Grant recipients must conduct at least one Phase II environmental site assessment and remediate one site, as well as develop a revitalization plan that includes a feasible reuse strategy for at least one priority site.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include general purpose units of local government, land clearance authorities, government entities created by state legislature, regional councils established under governmental authority, redevelopment agencies chartered by a state, federally recognized Indian tribes (excluding those in Alaska), nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(3), and qualified community development entities. Applicants must own a brownfield site that meets the definition under CERCLA § 101(39) and must not have any open EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant or Multipurpose Grant.

Period of Performance
The anticipated project period for awards funded under this opportunity is expected to be 5 years.

Grant Value
$20 million total available funding with individual grant awards up to $1 million.

Place of Performance
The specific geographic locations where the grant activities will be performed are expected to be within the jurisdictions of eligible applicants.