Document ID: EPA_FRDOC_0001-25265
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Funding Availability: FY2020 Supplemental Funding for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grantees; Extension of Application Period
Posted Date: 2020-04-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19474-19475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07201]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10007-69-OLEM]

FY2020 Supplemental Funding for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund 
(RLF) Grantees; Extension of Application Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of the availability of funds; extension of application 
period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the 
application period for a notice issued in the Federal Register of March 
9, 2020, announcing the availability of approximately $5 million to 
provide supplemental funds to Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) cooperative 
agreements previously awarded competitively under section 104(k)(3) of 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (CERCLA). This document extends the due date for supplemental 
funding requests to April 22, 2020.

DATES: Supplemental funding requests must be submitted by April 22, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in 
the Federal Register document of March 9, 2020 (85 FR 13647) (FRL-
10006-24-OLEM).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Lentz, Office of Brownfields 
and Land Revitalization, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number (202) 
566-2745; email address: lentz.rachel@epa.gov. You may also contact the 
appropriate Regional Brownfields Coordinator listed under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION in the Federal Register document of March 9, 2020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is extending the due date for 
supplemental funding requests Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund 
cooperative agreements to April 22, 2020 due to disruptions stemming 
from the Novel Coronavirus

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(COVID-19) public health emergency. The original due date was April 8, 
2020. This extension is consistent with the guidance that the Office of 
Management and Budget provided on March 19, 2020 in M-20-17, 
Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal 
Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-
19) due to Loss of Operations regarding extending due dates for funding 
applications EPA will continue to monitor the impact on COVID-19 and 
any further extension of the due date for submission of FY2020 RLF 
Supplemental Funding applications will be announced on the EPA's 
Brownfields web page at www.epa.gov/brownfields rather than in the 
Federal Register.

    Dated: April 1, 2020.
David Lloyd,
Director, Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, Office of Land 
and Emergency Management.
[FR Doc. 2020-07201 Filed 4-6-20; 8:45 am]
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