[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31550-31552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11069]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0540; FRL-9774-01-OLEM]


Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (CERCLA); Notice of Grant Funding Guidance for FY 2022 State and 
Tribal Response Program With Funding Provided by the Bipartisan 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended, authorizes a noncompetitive grant 
program to establish or enhance state and tribal response programs. 
Generally, these response programs address the assessment, cleanup, and 
redevelopment of brownfields and other sites with actual or perceived 
contamination. Due to the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (``Infrastructure Law'') in

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November 2021, EPA is now issuing this notice of a FY 2022 Funding 
Guidance to provide information and instruction to states and tribes 
requesting FY 2022 Section 128(a) funding provided by the 
Infrastructure Law. EPA anticipates that it may allocate approximately 
$57.9 million in FY 2022 Section 128(a) Infrastructure Law funds.

DATES: Requests for FY 2022 Section 128(a) Infrastructure Law funding 
will be accepted from March 30, 2022-June 3, 2022, and should be sent 
to the EPA Regional Office contact listed in Table 1.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Papasavvas, Office of 
Brownfields and Land Revitalization, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number 
(202) 566-0435, or the appropriate Regional EPA Brownfields contacts 
identified in Table 1.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    You may be affected by this action if you administer a State or 
Tribal response program that oversees assessment and cleanup activities 
at brownfield sites across the country. Note: The CERCLA definition of 
``State'' includes US Territories and the District of Columbia (CERCLA 
section 101(27)).

B. How can I get copies of the grant funding guidance and other related 
information?

    1. Docket. The docket for this action, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0540, is available online 
at https://www.regulations.gov.
    2. EPA Website. To access the FY22 section 128(a) grant funding 
guidance on EPA's website, please go to https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/funding-guidance-state-and-tribal-response-programs-fiscal-year-2022-bipartisan or https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-03/final-fy22-128a-infrastructure-law-funding-guidance.pdf.

II. Authority

    CERCLA section 128(a) (42 U.S.C. 9628(a)) authorizes a 
noncompetitive grant program to ``establish or enhance'' state and 
tribal response programs.

III. Background

    1. General. CERCLA section 128(a) authorizes a noncompetitive grant 
program to establish or enhance state and tribal response programs. 
These section 128(a) response program grants are funded with 
Categorical State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG) appropriations and 
awarded in the form of a cooperative agreement, which is a type of 
assistance agreement that is used when there is substantial federal 
involvement with the recipient during the performance of an activity or 
project. Section 128(a) cooperative agreements are awarded and 
administered by EPA regional offices.
    The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Infrastructure Law), signed in November 2021, invested additional 
funds to carry out section 128(a). Due to the passage of the 
Infrastructure Law, EPA is now issuing this Funding Guidance to provide 
information and instruction to states and tribes requesting FY 2022 
Section 128(a) funding provided by the Infrastructure Law.
    This funding is intended for those states and tribes that have the 
required management and administrative capacity within their government 
to administer a federal grant. The primary goal of this funding is to 
ensure that state and tribal response programs include, or are taking 
reasonable steps to include, certain elements of an environmental 
response program and that the program establishes and maintains a 
public record of sites addressed. Subject to the availability of funds, 
EPA regional personnel will provide technical assistance to states and 
tribes as they apply for and carry out section 128(a) cooperative 
agreements.
    2. Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) and EPA Funding 
Opportunity Number (FON). The CFDA entry for the section 128(a) State 
and Tribal Response Program cooperative agreements is 66.817. The FON 
for FY 2022 section 128(a) funds is EPA-CEP-02. Section 128(a) 
Infrastructure funds under this funding guidance are NOT eligible to be 
included in state and tribal Performance Partnership Grants under 40 
CFR part 35 subparts A and B.
    3. Application period. Requests for funding should be sent to the 
appropriate Regional EPA contact and will be accepted from March 30, 
2022 through June 3, 2022. Requests EPA Regional offices receive after 
June 3, 2022, will not be considered for FY 2022 Infrastructure 
funding. States or tribes that do not submit the request in the 
appropriate manner may forfeit their ability to receive funds. First 
time requestors are strongly encouraged to contact their respective 
Regional EPA Brownfields contacts, identified in Table 1, prior to 
submitting their funding request.
    Requests submitted by the June 3, 2022, request deadline are 
preliminary; final cooperative agreement work plans and budgets will be 
negotiated with the EPA regional offices once final funding allocation 
determinations are made. For more information, see the funding guidance 
and FAQs at https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/funding-guidance-state-and-tribal-response-programs-fiscal-year-2022-bipartisan.

                             Table 1--Regional State and Tribal Brownfields Contacts
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                           Region                                       State                    Tribal
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1--CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT...................................  AmyJean McKeown, 5 Post   AmyJean McKeown, 5 Post
                                                               Office Square, Suite      Office Square, Suite
                                                               100 (OSRR07-2), Boston,   100 (OSRR07-2), Boston,
                                                               MA 02109-3912, Phone      MA 02109-3912, Phone
                                                               (617) 918-1248, Fax       (617) 918-1248, Fax
                                                               (617) 918-1294,           (617) 918-1294,
                                                               [email protected].  [email protected]
                                                                                         .
2--NJ, NY, PR, VI...........................................  Terry Wesley, 290         Terry Wesley, 290
                                                               Broadway, 25th Floor,     Broadway, 25th Floor,
                                                               New York, NY 10007-       New York, NY 10007-
                                                               1866, Phone (212) 637-    1866, Phone (212) 637-
                                                               5027,                     5027,
                                                               [email protected].     [email protected].
3--DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV...................................  Mike Taurino, 1650 Arch   Mike Taurino, 1650 Arch
                                                               Street (3HS51),           Street (3HS51),
                                                               Philadelphia, PA 19103,   Philadelphia, PA 19103,
                                                               Phone (215) 814-3371,     Phone (215) 814-3371,
                                                               Fax (215) 814-3274,       Fax (215) 814-3274,
                                                               [email protected].  [email protected]
                                                                                         .
4--AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN...........................  Cindy Nolan, 61 Forsyth   Cindy Nolan, 61 Forsyth
                                                               Street SW, 10th Fl.       Street SW, 10th Fl.
                                                               (9T25), Atlanta, GA       (9T25), Atlanta, GA
                                                               30303-8960, Phone (404)   30303-8909, Phone (404)
                                                               562-8425, Fax (404) 562-  562-8425, Fax (404) 562-
                                                               8788,                     8788,
                                                               [email protected].     [email protected].

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5--IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI...................................  Keary Cragan, 77 West     Rosita Clarke, 77 West
                                                               Jackson Boulevard (SB-    Jackson Boulevard (SB-
                                                               5J), Chicago, IL 60604-   5J), Chicago, IL 60604-
                                                               3507, Phone (312) 353-    3507, Phone (312) 886-
                                                               5669, Fax (312) 692-      7251, Fax (312) 697-
                                                               2161,                     2075,
                                                               [email protected].     [email protected].
6--AR, LA, NM, OK, TX.......................................  Ana Esquivel, 1201 Elm    Elizabeth Reyes, 1201
                                                               Street, Suite 500,        Elm Street, Suite 500,
                                                               Dallas, Texas 75270-      Dallas, Texas 75270-
                                                               2102, Phone (214) 665-    2102, Phone (214) 665-
                                                               3163, Fax (214) 665-      2194, Fax (214) 665-
                                                               6660,                     6660,
                                                               [email protected].     [email protected]
                                                                                         .
7--IA, KS, MO, NE...........................................  Susan Klein, 11201        Jennifer Morris, 11201
                                                               Renner Boulevard (LCRD/   Renner Boulevard (LCRD/
                                                               BSPR), Lenexa, KS         BSPR), Lenexa, KS
                                                               66219, Phone (913) 551-   66219, Phone (913) 551-
                                                               7786,                     7341,
                                                               [email protected].      [email protected]
                                                                                         .
8--CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY...................................  Christina Wilson, 1595    Melisa Devincenzi, 1595
                                                               Wynkoop Street (8LCR-     Wynkoop Street (8LCR-
                                                               BR), Denver, CO 80202-    BR), Denver, CO 80202-
                                                               1129, Phone (303) 312-    1129, Phone (303) 312-
                                                               6706,                     6377,
                                                               [email protected]   [email protected]
                                                               v.                        ov.
9--AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS, GU, MP...............................  Jose Garcia, Jr., 600     Jose Garcia, Jr., 600
                                                               Wilshire Blvd., Suite     Wilshire Blvd., Suite
                                                               1460, Los Angeles, CA     1460, Los Angeles, CA
                                                               90017, Phone (213) 244-   90017, Phone (213) 244-
                                                               1811, Fax (213) 244-      1811, Fax (213) 244-
                                                               1850,                     1850,
                                                               [email protected].      [email protected].
10--AK, ID, OR, WA..........................................  Madison Sanders-Curry,    Madison Sanders-Curry,
                                                               1200 Sixth Ave., Suite    1200 Sixth Ave., Suite
                                                               155 (mail code 15-H04),   155 (mail code 15-H04),
                                                               Seattle, WA 98101,        Seattle, WA 98101,
                                                               Phone (206 553-1889,      Phone (206) 553-1889,
                                                               Fax 206 553-8581,         Fax (206) 553-8581,
                                                               sanders-                  [email protected].    [email protected].
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(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9628(a))

    Dated: April 21, 2022.
David R. Lloyd,
Director, Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization.
[FR Doc. 2022-11069 Filed 5-23-22; 8:45 am]
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