[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 9684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4187]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5156-2]


Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (CERCLA) Section 104, Announcement of Extension of Application 
Deadline for the Competition for Brownfields Economic Redevelopment 
Initiative Pilots

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice to extend application period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency will accept proposals for 
Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Pilots beginning immediately. The 
application period which was to close March 1, 1995, has been extended 
to close April 17, 1995. For those applications received by March 1, 
1995, the Agency intends to competitively select five Pilots by May 17, 
1995. For those applications received by April 17, 1995--combined with 
those applications received by March 1, 1995 but not selected for the 
May 17, 1995 awards--the Agency intends to competitively select ten 
Pilots by July 21, 1995.

DATES: This action is effective as of December 1, 1994, and expires on 
April 17, 1995. All proposals must be received and/or post marked by 
the expiration date cited above.

ADDRESSES: Applications booklets can be obtained by calling the 
Superfund Hotline at 800-424-9346, or writing to: U.S. EPA--Brownfields 
Application, Superfund Document Center 5201G, 401 M Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Superfund Hotline, 800-424-9346.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA's Brownfields Initiative is an organized 
commitment to help communities revitalize abandoned contaminated 
properties, and to thereby eliminate potential health risks and restore 
economic vitality to areas where these properties exist.
    The objectives of the initiative are: to build the capacity of 
affected and interested parties to shape how contaminated sites are 
cleaned up and productively reused; to stimulate a national search for 
innovative ways to overcome the current obstacles to the reuse of 
contaminated properties; and to coalesce federal, state, and municipal 
efforts to examine new approaches to achieving cleanup and reuse; and 
to explore the potential for combining an economic stimulus and a 
speeded-up environmental cleanup to contribute to achieving environment 
justice.
    EPA's Brownfields Pilots (to be funded up to $200,000 each over two 
years) will test redevelopment models, direct special efforts toward 
removing regulatory barriers without sacrificing protectiveness, and 
facilitate coordinated efforts at the federal, state, and local levels. 
EPA will develop a coordinated federal strategy to help initiate a 
significant national effort to clean up and redevelop brownfields. 
Three national pilot projects already have been awarded.
    Cities, counties, towns, states, and Native American tribes are all 
eligible to apply.
    The Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is founded on the 
belief that ``economic development and environmental protection must go 
hand in hand,'' (Carol Browner, Administrator, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Announcing the Cleveland Brownfields Pilot on November 8, 
1993.)
    Proposals will be evaluated on the following Criteria (a more 
detailed and complete set of criteria will be included in the 
application booklet):
    <bullet> Demonstrated commitment of public and private leadership 
to brownfields redevelopment.
    <bullet> Plans for effective community involvement.
    Clear delineation of how federal support will make a difference.
    <bullet> Potential for national replication.
    <bullet> Government support and technical, legal, and political 
capacity to complete goals.
    <bullet> Clearly outlined potential sources of cleanup funding.
    <bullet> Contributions to environmental justice goals.
    <bullet> Well-defined approach to environmental assessment.

    Dated: February 13, 1995.
Timothy Fields, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response.
[FR Doc. 95-4187 Filed 2-17-95; 8:45 am]
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