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FY 23 Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grant Selections

EPA announced four entities in Nevada were selected to receive EPA brownfield grants. These entities were City of Las Vegas (cleanup), City of North Las Vegas (community-wide assessment), Mineral County (cleanup), and Northern Nevada Development Authority (community-wide assessment).

The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection fully supported all four awardees throughout the application process, and will continue to provide technical support to help complete each project.

To view the full EPA announcement, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/applicants-selected-fy-2023-brownfields-multipurpose-assessment-revolving-loan-fund.

A Historic Investment in Brownfields

Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the EPA Brownfields Program will receive a historic $1.5 billion dollars over the next five years. According to the EPA, $1.2 billion will be available for project grants including Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund (RLF), Cleanup, and Job Training Grants and $300 million will be available for State and Tribal Response Program cooperative agreements, including Nevada's State Response Program (also known as the Nevada Brownfields Program). For more details regarding this announcement, please visit the following link.

https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/bipartisan-infrastructure-law-historic-investment-brownfields