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Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods (CLEAN) Program

Department of Toxic Substances Control · State of California

At a glance

Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods (CLEAN) Program is an open California state loan opportunity from the Department of Toxic Substances Control (State of California). Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Individual awards are listed as $2.5M, with $3M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include public agency. It is listed on the California Grants Portal. Cost sharing is not required.

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Opened
Jul 14, 2020
Close date
Ongoing
Award floor
$2,500,000
Award ceiling
$2,500,000
Est. total funding
$3,000,000
Expected awards
Not specified
Matching funds
Not required
Funding instrument
Loan

Program details (as published on the California Grants Portal)

Type
Loan
Funding source
State
Matching funds
Not Required
Funding method
Advance(s) — Loan: Once the Loan agreement has been executed, a check will be made out to the applicant. The applicant must be able to provide the DTSC with eligible costs and corresponding receipts.
Estimated number of awards
Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
Award period
See Description
Expected award announcement
Continuous basis
Letter of intent
Not required
Geography
Urban properties only. Per Health and Safety Code §§ 78168, 80200-80280, 80350 and 80355, eligible properties include brownfields or underutilized properties in California.
Latest change note
Updated loan purpose.

Who can apply

Applicant categories as listed on the California Grants Portal. GrantsJunction maps them to detailed applicant types for search and matching.

  • Public Agency

Additional information on eligibility (from the listing)

Eligible applicants include: urban property owners, developers, and local governments.

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Purpose and description as published on the California Grants Portal.

Purpose

Department of Toxic Substances Control's (DTSC) CLEAN Program helps developers, businesses, schools, and local governments accelerate the pace of assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment at abandoned and underutilized urban brownfield sites in California.

Description

DTSC's CLEAN Loan Program provides loans for property owners, developers, community groups, and local governments to investigate, cleanup and redevelop abandoned and underutilized urban properties. Loan used for the cleanup or removal of hazardous materials where redevelopment is likely to have a beneficial impact on the property values, economic viability, and quality of life of a community. Per Health and Safety Code § 80370, applicant must not have any: Felony convictions or misdemeanors involving the regulation of hazardous materials; Felony convictions or misdemeanors involving moral turpitude, including, but not limited to, the crimes of fraud, bribery, falsification of records, perjury, forgery, conspiracy, profiteering, or money laundering; or Violations of any administrative order or agreement issued by or entered into with any federal, state, or local agency that requires response action at a site. Once the Loan agreement has been executed, a check will be made out to the applicant. The applicant must be able to provide the DTSC with eligible costs and corresponding receipts. Period of Performance: Dependent on remediation/redevelopment. The loan repayment period begins upon certification or completion of the response action or two (2) years after disbursement of the loan funds, whichever comes first. The repayment period is up to seven (7) years.

Program page on the agency site ↗

How to apply

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Past applications & awards

Historical data · not a prediction

Reported by the agency for this listing

  • Fiscal year 2025–260 applications · 0 awards
  • Fiscal year 2024–250 applications · 0 awards
  • Fiscal year 2023–240 applications · 0 awards
  • Fiscal year 2022–230 applications · 0 awards
  • Fiscal year 2021–221 application · 1 award
  • Fiscal year 2020–210 applications · 0 awards
Counts as published on the California Grants Portal. Award counts can read zero until decisions are announced.

Program contact (as published)

Maryam Tasnif-Abbasi
Maryam.Tasnif-Abbasi@dtsc.ca.gov
1-714-484-5489

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods (CLEAN) Program”?

The official listing names these applicant types as eligible: Public Agency. It adds: “Eligible applicants include: urban property owners, developers, and local governments.” Additional restrictions may apply; review the full guidelines.

How much funding is available through “Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods (CLEAN) Program”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $2.5m and total estimated program funding is $3,000,000.

How do I apply for “Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods (CLEAN) Program”?

Applications go directly to Department of Toxic Substances Control, not through GrantsJunction. Read the program guidelines on the agency's site first; state programs set their own forms and registration requirements.

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