[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]
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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]
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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]
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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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