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OngoingLoanDepartment of Toxic Substances Control

Cleanup Loans and Environmental Assistance to Neighborhoods (CLEAN) Program

Source: California Grants Portal, ID 1614. Listing last updated by the grantor Jun 2, 2026. Rebuilt here Oct 30, 2026.

Who can apply

Public Agency

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

Where: Urban properties only. Per Health and Safety Code §§ 78168, 80200-80280, 80350 and 80355, eligible properties include brownfields or underutilized properties in California.

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.

Important dates

Opened
Jul 14, 2020
Application deadline
Ongoing
Expected award announcement
Continuous basis
Period of performance
See Description

Funding details

Total estimated available
$3,000,000.00
Estimated amount per award
$2,500,000.00
Expected number of awards
Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
Letter of intent required
No
Matching funds
Not Required
Funding source
State
Funding method
Advance(s)
Funding method notes
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.

How to apply

Read the full guidelines on the grantor's site, then apply there. Nothing is submitted through this site.

Questions about this grant: name: Maryam Tasnif-Abbasi; email: [email protected]; tel: 1-714-484-5489;

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