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Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Program

Department of Toxic Substances Control · 1611

Eligibility details

Loan: Local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and tribes who are not responsible parties. Sub-grant: Eligible borrowers include local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and tribes who are not responsible parties.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: Not Required.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

The RLF Program establishes a revolving loan fund that provides loans to help developers, businesses, and local governments clean up and redevelop brownfields. This is a brownfields cleanup loan program administered through a Cooperative Agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). The applicant is an eligible entity—this includes any public or private entity with control over or access to the site; borrower may not be potentially liable under CERCLA section 107 for cleanup costs at the site—exception may be if the borrower qualifies for a CERLCA bona fide prospective purchaser, contiguous property owner, or innocent landowner limitation on liability—these latter applicants must carry out (or have already carried out) “all appropriate inquiries” as found in CERCLA section 101(35)(B) on or before acquiring the site and must meet certain continuing obligations. The Grant accepts ongoing applications, however remediation must be completed by July 31, 2021.

Funding geography: Within State of California

Funding instrument: Grant; Loan. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.