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Board discusses U.S. EPA brownfields assessment grant rules, UEI requirement and debrief limits
Summary
Staff and consultants updated the board on last year’s unsuccessful U.S. EPA brownfields assessment grant application, the change from DUNS to UEI, and EPA’s refusal to include private consultants in debriefings; the board discussed applying again but held no vote.
Staff told the Benton Harbor Brownfield Redevelopment Authority on Oct. 9 that the authority’s brownfields assessment grant application was submitted under the city because the city holds the unique entity identifier (UEI) required by federal grant rules, and that the authority could not get a debriefing from EPA because the agency no longer allows private consultants to attend applicant debriefings.
Therese explained the application was listed under the city rather than the authority because the Brownfield…
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