Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England
Cleanup Grant Program
Cleanup Grant Program Resources
Application Assistance & Guidelines
Former M.S. Perkins Machine Property – Keene, NH (PDF) (1 pg, 193 K, about PDF)
Cleanup Grants provide funding for an eligible recipient to carry out cleanup activities at brownfields sites that they own.
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An eligible entity may apply for up to $200,000 per site to address sites contaminated by petroleum and hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with petroleum).
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Cleanup grants require a 20% cost share, which may be in the form of a contribution of money, labor, material, or services, and must be for eligible costs. A cleanup grant recipient may request a waiver of the 20% cost share based on hardship.
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An eligible entity must own the site for which it is requesting funding in order to qualify.
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Sites must have a Phase I environmental assessment completed and a Phase II environmental assessment underway or completed.
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The performance period of these grants is 3 years.
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The recipients of this program are selected through a national competition.
Region 1 Contact
- Jim Byrne (byrne.james@epa.gov)
Cleanup Program Lead
(617) 918-1389
Program Information
- Cleanup Task Checklist (PDF) (2 pp, 53 K, about PDF)
- All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI)
- Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)
- Cost Share (PDF) (14 pp, 705 K, about PDF)
National Brownfields Links