The Superfund Redevelopment Program is designed to provide technical assistance to communities interested in restoring and reusing formerly contaminated land.

Eligible Uses

An EPA’s Regional Redevelopment Coordinator can assist in identifying a set of services that meets the needs of the site team and local community. Technical assistance can include one or more of the following services.

  • Redevelopment planning (e.g., developing a reuse concept plan), community engagement (e.g., developing a reuse steering committee), and interagency facilitation and collaboration (e.g., designing stakeholder meetings), which can be found here
  • Sustainable Redevelopment projects are also eligible and can include:
    • Supporting alternative and renewable energy sources (e.g, installing solar panels) 
    • Restoring lands that improve soil health, water quality, and air quality (e.g., creating wetlands, adding soil amendments, revegetating a site)
    • Revitalizing communities to improve quality of life (e.g., creating greenspace along main streets)
    • Supporting community health and wellness through recreation (e.g., creating open space and parks)
    • Implementing green infrastructure (e.g., managing stormwater through tree plantings along a creek)
    • Creating green buildings and sustainable landscapes (e.g., building a green roof to capture excess stormwater runoff and create native pollinator habitat)
    • Promoting environmental education to build long-term capacities (e.g, education signage, interactive teaching sites)

Eligible Recipients

State, local, and tribal governments are all eligible recipients, as well as tribal governments, U.S. territories, individuals, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations. Nonprofit organizations that conduct political lobbying, like 501(c)(4) registered nonprofits, are not eligible for EPA funding.

Approx Annual Funding Amount

While this varies year-to-year, Superfund Redevelopment Program’s Regional Seeds technical assistance is funded at approximately $500,000 each year. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invested an additional $3.5 billion in the Superfund program intended to clear a backlog of cleanup at sites in the Superfund inventory.

Cost Share Requirements

There are no cost share requirements. 

Application Cycle

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Contact

See an up-to-date map of regional contacts here

Other Info

This program is covered under the Justice40 Initiative.