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Remedial Action Grants and LoansRule Amendment Adopted: March 22, 2007 and Effective: April 23, 2007. See the codified rule text.What are the Remedial Action Grants and Loans?The intent of remedial action grants and loans is to encourage and speed up the cleanup of contaminated sites and to lessen the effect of the cleanup costs on ratepayers and taxpayers. The grants and loans supplement local government funding for remedial actions. Ecology anticipates awarding approximately $82 million for the 2007-2009 biennium. BackgroundIn 1988, Washington voters passed Initiative 97, known as the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), Chapter 70.105D RCW. MTCA recognizes that the state contains hundreds of hazardous waste sites which threaten the state's water resources, including those used for public drinking water; that many of our municipal landfills are current or potential hazardous waste sites and present serious threats to human health and the environment; and that the costs of eliminating these threats in many cases are beyond the financial means of local governments and ratepayers. So the statute established the grant program to assist with the costs of cleanup. Funds for grants come from a tax on certain hazardous substances. The MTCA directed that 53 percent of the revenue from the tax be deposited in the Local Toxics Control Account. The MTCA also directed Ecology to “adopt the rules for grant issuance and performance.” Ecology adopted Chapter 173-322 WAC, Remedial Action Grants, in May 1990. Ecology has since amended the rule in March 2007, to create a new Extraordinary Financial Hardship loan program. Guidelines for Remedial Action Grants and LoansIf you wish to apply for a Remedial Action Grant, please see our program guidelines and application form. Additional information on the specific categories of Remedial Action Grants and Loans can be found on the links below. Area-Wide Ground Water Remediation GrantsThe purpose of the area-wide ground water remediation grants is to enable local governments to assist the cleanup and redevelopment of property within their jurisdictions where ground water has been contaminated by hazardous substances from multiple sources. The goal is to develop area-wide solutions, including investigation work plans, model remedies, or area-wide determinations on whether ground water is drinkable. BrownfieldsThe Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) is one of the key competitive grant programs that HUD administers to stimulate and promote economic and community development activities under Section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. BEDI is designed to assist cities with the redevelopment of abandoned, idled and underused industrial and commercial facilities with expansion and redevelopment of real or perceived environmental contamination.
Often the potential liability associated with contamination complicates business development, property transactions or expansion on the property. Now, all over the country, communities, developers, government officials, and others, are working to change the way we manage and regulate brownfields to encourage redevelopment of these sites. The State of Washington and the US Environmental Protection Agency are embracing brownfields redevelopment as an important program. This resource guide will point you in the right direction to get answers to your questions and help with brownfield projects. Derelict Vessel GrantsThese grants assist local governments with the costs of hazardous substance removal and disposal aboard vessels when the substances cause a threat or potential threat to human health or the environment. LoansEcology will consider offering loans to local governments to encourage and expedite site study and remediation. Loans will be considered on a case-by-case basis depending on the financial need of the local government and its ability to pay over a period of time. Methamphetamine Lab Site Assessment and Cleanup GrantsThese grants provide funding to local health districts/departments that assess and cleanup sites of methamphetamine production. Safe Drinking Water Action GrantsThese grants help local governments or a local government applying on behalf of a purveyor to provide safe drinking water to areas where a hazardous substance has contaminated drinking water. Oversight Remedial Action GrantsThese grants help local governments study and clean up hazardous waste sites where the local government is a potentially liable person (PLP), or owns a site but is not a PLP, or facilitates an area-wide ground water cleanup. Site Hazard Assessment GrantsSite Hazard Assessment grants supplement Ecology's effort to rank hazardous waste sites; encourage local government initiative in cleaning up hazardous waste sites; and expedite cleanup actions. Independent Remedial Action GrantsThese grants help to offset some of the expense involved when a voluntary (independent) cleanup is performed and the local government enters into the agency’s Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP). Related formsThe following forms are available for download in Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF
Fiscal & Project Report FormsGrant recipients may need to complete the following forms when requesting reimbursement payments.
"Yellow Book", Ecology's standard requirements for all grants and loansAdministrative Requirements for Ecology Grants and Loans (Publication # 91-18), more commonly known as the Yellow Book, contains the agency’s basic policies regarding grant and loan programs. The Ecology Grant Recipient Invoice Preparation System (EGRIPS)Related LawsContacts
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