HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-05-19 Correspondence - Environmental Protection Agency to Andrus - National Brownfields Program Grant Competition June 5, 2019
The Honorable Cyndy Andrus
Mayor of Bozeman
121 North Rouse Avenue
Bozeman, MT 59771
Dear Mayor Andrus:
Thank you for submitting a grant proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Brownfields
Program Grant competition. I regret to inform you that the City of Bozeman’s Assessment Grant proposal was not
selected because it did not score high enough on the ranking criteria established in the FY19 Proposal Guidelines for
Brownfields Assessment Grants. EPA received 438 proposals for consideration and had funds to award 151 grants from
the highest ranking proposals.
Your proposal was evaluated along with other proposals received by the deadline as part of the FY19 Brownfields
Program Grant competition. The proposals were evaluated by panels consisting of EPA staff, as well as other federal
representatives. These panels assessed how well the applicants’ responses met the criteria outlined in the proposal
guidelines.
Although your proposal was unsuccessful this round, we encourage you to consider reapplying in the FY20 grant
competition cycle should funding become available. In addition, if you have questions as to why you were not selected
for funding, you may request a debriefing from your EPA Regional Brownfields Contact within 15 calendar days of
receiving this letter. For further information about the debriefing process and any dispute rights with respect to
competition-related issues under this announcement, please refer to Section VI.E. of the proposal guidelines.
If you have questions regarding the next Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grant
competition, please contact your EPA Regional Brownfields Contact, Danny Heffernan, at 303-312-7074 or
heffernan.daniel@epa.gov.
I commend your efforts and appreciate the time and energy you put into preparing your grant proposal. Although your
proposal was not selected, we thank you for your continued efforts to return brownfields to productive reuse.
Sincerely,
David R. Lloyd, Director
Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
cc: Danny Heffernan
David Fine