Office of Planning & Grants - Grants: Brownfield
The Revolving Loan Fund application period has been opened, and pre-application letters are due March 12, 2010. Applications will not be accepted without a pre-application letter having been previously submitted. Final applications are due March 31, 2010
The City of Missoula
Brownfields Program, through the Office of Planning and Grants (OPG),
assists in the cleanup of polluted properties to encourage redevelopment
and reuse of that land. Because the expense of remediation may inhibit
or preclude redevelopment, the Brownfields Program seeks to obtain
federal funding to assist in brownfields cleanup. To that end, the City
administers a Revolving Loan Fund, and may also periodically obtain
other federal assistance.
The
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) defines brownfields as “abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial
and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is
complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination.” For
properties that meet this definition, are eligible,
and whose owners wish to
participate, the Brownfields Program works to remediate
environmental contamination to standards set by EPA and Montana’s
Department of Environmental Quality.
Sites must meet a
variety of criteria to be eligible for brownfields funding, such as that
they cannot be owned by a party principally responsible for
contamination. Sites must be within the City limits.
Current Available Funding
The Missoula Brownfields
Revolving Loan Fund (RLF, hereafter) currently has $809,000 budgeted for
loans and grants, resulting from the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (ARRA).
An application period for this available funding has now opened:
pre-application letters are due March 12, 2010. Applications will
not be accepted without a pre-application letter having been previously
submitted. Final applications are due March 31, 2010. Eligible
parties may apply for site-cleanup loans on favorable terms, such as
extremely low interest. Eligible non-profits that own an eligible
property may apply for site-cleanup grants.
Application Process
The Revolving Loan Fund
application period has been opened, and pre-application letters are
due March 12, 2010. Applications will not be accepted
without a pre-application letter having been previously submitted.
Final applications are due March 31, 2010.
The following documents outline the application procedures and
guidelines for eligibility and participation on the Missoula Brownfields
Program:
For more information contact John Adams by phone (406-258-3688) or by email (jadams@co.missoula.mt.us).
Additional Information:
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A Powerpoint summary of
the program was presented to City Council in 2009:
Presentation to City Council
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Contact Information:
- Brownfield Program - John Adams, 406 258-3688, jadams@co.missoula.mt.us
- EPA Grant Information, brownfields news and events, publications and links - http://www.epa.gov/brownfields or contact EPA Region 8 Brownfields Team, (303) 312-6982.
- The
Missoula Area Economic Development
Corporation
manages the Brownfields Program’s Revolving Loan Fund, and is a good
source of information on the program.
If you would like to
receive a quarterly Brownfields newsletter, please email a request
to
jadams@co.missoula.mt.us,
or call (406)
258-3688.
A building on the former Champion Mill Site
