SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCES OF CLEANUP FUNDING AND SUPPORT

Flint Hills Regional Council (FHRC) can assist you with procurement of additional funding and support for environmental cleanup, demolition, and infrastructure improvements. This funding may be available on a project-by-project basis through other jurisdictional funding mechanisms, as well as State or Federal funding and assistance programs.

1. EPA Revolving Loan/Subgrant Fund:
   FHRC is applying for United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund which allows for subgrants and low interest loans to private and public parties to address cleanup of Brownfield sites. If awarded, funds will become available by Fall 2025.
2. KDHE Underground Storage Tank Redevelopment Trust Fund:
   The Storage Tank Act establishes two EPA rate funds to assist owners and operators of storage tanks with the cost of remedial actions. Both funds are designed to provide financial assistance to owners and operators of facilities where contamination from petroleum storage tanks has occurred. Minor fees/statutory deductibles are required.
3. KDHE Dry Cleaning Program:
   The Kansas Dry Cleaning Program addresses facility registration, pollution prevention, and soil and groundwater contamination at retail dry cleaning facilities. The Dry Cleaning Facility Release Trust Fund was developed as a funding mechanism for conducting stateled investigations and remediation of soil and groundwater contamination at sites that have applied and been accepted into the Dry Cleaning Facility Release Trust Fund. Minor fees/ statutory deductibles are required.
4. KDHE Brownfields Targeted Assessments (BTA) Program:
   In addition to community outreach and technical assistance, the Kansas Brownfields Program, through a federal EPA grant awarded to KDHE, can conduct brownfields assessments at no cost.
5. EPA Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) program:
   EPA brownfield grants can be leveraged by EPA’s TBA program, which helps communities understand potential contamination at a brownfield site and plan for cleanup and redevelopment. The program supplements other efforts under the Brownfields Program and provides assistance at no cost. An EPA contractor delivers TBA assistance.
6. EPA Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB):
   The TAB Program helps communities, states, Tribes, and other public entities understand the risks associated with contaminated or potentially contaminated properties and learn how to assess, safely clean, and sustainably reuse them. The program supplements other efforts under the Brownfields Program and is implemented by Kansas State University (KSU) TAB in Kansas. KSU TAB is available at no cost.

These resources can be stacked with other funding sources and may include EPA Thriving Communities Grants, United States Department of Agriculture Grants, Community Development Block grants, transportation grants, historic tax credits, private investment, tax incremental financing, sales tax (e.g., Star Bonds), donations, and other sources, as appropriate.