FY2021 Supplemental Funding for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Cooperative Agreement Recipients (CARs)
| Published date | 19 March 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 14905 |
| Record Number | 2021-05677 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Environmental Protection Agency |
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information to EPA under TSCA section
4 related to a SNUN submission. These
fees are intended to achieve the goals
articulated by Congress to provide a
sustainable source of funds for EPA to
fulfill its legal obligations to conduct the
activities required under TSCA sections
4, 5 and 6 (such as risk-based
screenings, designation of applicable
substances as High- and Low-Priority,
conducting risk evaluations to
determine whether a chemical
substance presents an unreasonable risk
of injury to health or the environment,
requiring testing of chemical substances
and mixtures, and evaluating and
reviewing manufacturing and
processing notices), as well as the
activities under TSCA section 14 (i.e.,
collecting, processing, reviewing, and
providing access to and protecting
information about chemical substances
from disclosure as appropriate.
As amended in 2016, TSCA section
26(b) provides EPA with authority to
establish fees to defray 25% the costs
associated with administering TSCA
sections 4, 5, 6 and of collecting,
processing, reviewing, and providing
access to and protecting information
about chemical substances from
disclosure as appropriate under TSCA
section 14. Fee payments from chemical
manufactures (including importers) who
make submissions under TSCA section
5, are required to submit information
under TSCA section 4 or are subject to
a risk evaluation under TSCA section 6.
EPA is not collecting a fee for
submissions of Confidential Business
Information (CBI) submitted under
TSCA section 14.
Burden statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 3 hours per
response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
The ICR, which is available in the
docket along with other related
materials, provides a detailed
explanation of the collection activities
and the burden estimate that is only
briefly summarized here:
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Entities potentially affected by this ICR
may include the following entities
(identified by North American
Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes):
•Petroleum and Coal Products
(NAICS code 324);
•Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS
code 325); and
•Chemical, Petroleum and Merchant
Wholesalers (NAICS code 424).
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 1,348.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 0.833
Estimated total annual burden hours:
581 hours.
Estimated total annual costs: $
273,388. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $230,607 it is estimated
that there are no capital investment or
maintenance and operational costs.
III. Are there changes in the estimates
from the last approval?
There is an increase in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with that identified in the ICR currently
approved by OMB due to the increase in
the number of entities potentially
affected by this ICR and an increase in
the number of information collection
activities. The change in potentially
affected entities reflects the number of
submissions received under TSCA
sections 5 and 6. EPA’s burden
estimates for this collection based upon
historical information on the number of
chemicals per premanufacture notices
(PMNs), significant new use
notifications (SNUNs), microbial
commercial activity notices (MCANs),
and exemption notices and applications
including low-volume exemptions
(LVEs), test-marketing exemptions
(TMEs), low exposure/low release
exemptions (LoREXs), TSCA
experimental release applications
(TERAs), certain new microorganism
(Tier II) exemptions, and film article
exemptions., and actions under TSCA
section 6. This change is an adjustment.
In addition, OMB has requested that
EPA move towards using the 18-
question format for ICR Supporting
Statements used by other federal
agencies and departments and is based
on the submission instructions
established by OMB in 1995, replacing
the alternate format developed by EPA
and OMB prior to 1995. EPA intends to
update this Supporting Statement
during the comment period to reflect the
18-question format, and has included
the questions in an attachment to this
Supporting Statement. In doing so, the
Agency does not expect the change in
format to result in substantive changes
to the information collection activities
or related estimated burden and costs.
IV. What is the next step in the process
for this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will
then be submitted to OMB for review
and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal
Register document pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the
submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional
comments to OMB. If you have any
questions about this ICR or the approval
process, please contact the technical
person listed under
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT
.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dated: March 15, 2021.
Michal Freedhoff,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of
Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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FY2021 Supplemental Funding for
Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund
(RLF) Cooperative Agreement
Recipients (CARs)
AGENCY
: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION
: Notice of the availability of
funds.
SUMMARY
: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) plans to make available
approximately $10 million to provide
supplemental funds to Revolving Loan
Fund (RLF) cooperative agreements
previously awarded competitively
under section 104(k)(3) of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (CERCLA). EPA will consider
awarding supplemental funding only to
RLF Cooperative Agreement Recipients
(CARs or recipients) who have
demonstrated an ability to deliver
programmatic results by making at least
one loan or subgrant. The award of these
funds is based on the criteria described
at CERCLA 104(k)(5)(A)(ii). The Agency
is now accepting requests for
supplemental funding from RLF CARs.
Specific information on submitting a
request for RLF supplemental funding is
described below and additional
information may be obtained by
contacting the EPA Regional
Brownfields Coordinator.
DATES
: Requests for funding must be
submitted to the appropriate EPA
Regional Brownfields Coordinator
(listed below) by April 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: A request for supplemental
funding must be in the form of a letter
addressed to the appropriate Regional
Brownfields Coordinator (see listing
below) with a copy to Nicole Wireman,
Wireman.Nicole@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Nicole Wireman, U.S. EPA, (202) 566–
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2649 or the appropriate Brownfields
Regional Coordinator.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be affected by this action if
you are a current Brownfields RLF CAR.
B. How can I get copies of the other
related information and additional
updates?
EPA website. To access the FY2021
RLF Supplemental Funding information
on EPA’s website, please go to https://
www.epa.gov/brownfields/solicitations-
brownfield-grants. Any revisions to due
dates or additional information
necessary for submission of FY2021 RLF
Supplemental Funding applications will
be posted to this website rather than
published in the Federal Register. Also,
all future notices of the availability of
Brownfields RLF Supplemental Funding
will be posted on the same website. EPA
will discontinue publication of notices
of the availability of Brownfields RLF
Supplemental Funding in the Federal
Register for future fiscal years.
II. Background
The Small Business Liability Relief
and Brownfields Revitalization Act
added section 104(k) to CERCLA to
authorize federal financial assistance for
brownfields revitalization, including
grants for assessment, cleanup, and job
training. Section 104(k) includes a
provision for EPA to, among other
things, award grants to eligible entities
to capitalize Revolving Loan Funds and
to provide loans and subgrants for
brownfields cleanup. Section
104(k)(5)(A)(ii) authorizes EPA to make
additional grant funds available to RLF
CARs for any year after the year for
which the initial grant is made
(noncompetitive RLF supplemental
funding) taking into consideration:
(I) The number of sites and number of
communities that are addressed by the
revolving loan fund;
(II) the demand for funding by eligible
entities that have not previously
received a grant under this subsection;
(III) the demonstrated ability of the
eligible entity to use the revolving loan
fund to enhance remediation and
provide funds on a continuing basis;
and
(IV) such other similar factors as the
[Agency] considers appropriate to carry
out this subsection.
III. Eligibility
In order to be considered for
supplemental funding, CARs must
demonstrate that they have significantly
depleted funds (both EPA grant funding
and any available program income) and
that they have a clear plan for utilizing
requested additional funds in a timely
manner. CARs must demonstrate that
they have made at least one loan or
subgrant prior to applying for this
supplemental funding and have
significantly depleted existing available
funds. For FY2021, EPA defines
‘‘significantly depleted funds’’ as
uncommitted, available funding totaling
25% or less of the total amount of RLF
funds awarded under all open and
closed grants. In addition, ‘‘significant
depleted funds’’ cannot be
demonstrated if the RLF balance
exceeds $600,000. For new RLF
recipients with an award of $1 million
or less, funds will be considered
significantly depleted if the
uncommitted, available funding does
not exceed $300,000. Additionally, the
RLF recipient must demonstrate a need
for supplemental funding based on,
among other factors, the list of potential
projects in the RLF program pipeline; an
ability to make loans and subgrants for
cleanups that can be started, completed,
and lead to redevelopment; an ability to
administer and revolve the RLF by
generating program income; an ability to
use the RLF grant to address funding
gaps for cleanup; and evidence that the
RLF has and will continue to provide
future community benefit from past and
potential future loan(s) and/or
subgrant(s). Note that a 20% cost share
is required for the entire RLF grant
award, which includes the original grant
funding plus all supplemental funds.
The applicant must specify how it will
meet the 20% cost share for the
supplemental funds. EPA encourages
innovative approaches to maximize
revolving grant funds and leveraging
with other funds, including use of grant
funds as a loan loss guarantee or
combining with other government or
private sector lending resources. ‘‘The
Process and Considerations for
Supplemental Funding for Brownfields
RLF Grants’’ contains information about
the format and required content of RLF
supplemental applications and can be
found at https://www.epa.gov/
brownfields/solicitations-brownfield-
grants. Applicants are encouraged to
discuss eligibility and other
considerations with their EPA Regional
Contact listed below prior to applying.
IV. Regional Brownfields Coordinators
•EPA Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI,
VT): Dorrie Paar, 5 Post Office Square,
Boston, MA 02109–3912; telephone
number (617) 918–1432; email address:
Paar.Dorrie@epa.gov.
•EPA Region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, VI):
Alison Devine, 290 Broadway, 18th
Floor, New York, NY 10007; telephone
number (212) 637–4158: email address:
Devine.Alison@epa.gov.
•EPA Region 3 (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA,
WV): Brett Gilmartin, 1650 Arch Street,
Mail Code 3HS51, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103–2029; telephone
number (215) 814–3405; email address:
Gilmartin.Brett@epa.gov.
•EPA Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS,
NC, SC, TN): Derek Street, Atlanta
Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW,
10th Fl, Atlanta, GA 30303–8960;
telephone number (404) 562–8574;
email address: Street.Derek@epa.gov.
•EPA Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH,
WI): Keary Cragan, 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Mail Code SB–5J, Chicago,
Illinois 60604–3507; telephone number
(312) 353–5669; email address:
Cragan.Keary@epa.gov.
•EPA Region 6 (AR, LA, NM, OK,
TX): Camisha Scott, 1445 Ross Avenue,
Suite 1200, (6SF–PB), Dallas, Texas
75202–2733; telephone number (214)
665–6755; email address:
Scott.Camisha@epa.gov.
•EPA Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE):
Susan Klein, 11201 Renner Blvd.,
Lenexa, Kansas 66219; telephone
number (913) 551–7786; email address:
R7_Brownfields@epa.gov.
•EPA Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT,
WY): Ted Lanzano, 1595 Wynkoop
Street, Denver, CO 80202–1129;
telephone number (303) 312–6596;
email address: Lanzano.Ted@epa.gov.
•EPA Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS,
GU): Noemi Emeric-Ford, 75 Hawthorne
Street, WST–8, San Francisco, CA
94105; telephone number (213) 244–
1821; email address: Emeric-
Ford.Noemi@epa.gov.
•EPA Region 10 (AK, ID, OR, WA):
Susan Morales, 1200 Sixth Avenue,
Suite 900, Mailstop: ECL–112 Seattle,
WA 98101; telephone number (206)
553–7299; email address:
Morales.Susan@epa.gov.
David Lloyd,
Director, Office of Brownfields and Land
Revitalization, Office of Land and Emergency
Management.
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