Investigating Site Contamination Program (ISCP)

Department of Toxic Substances Control's (DTSC) ISCP offers loans to eligible applicants, including governmental entities, private businesses, individuals, and non-profit organizations, to help finance environmental site assessments. DTSC's ISCP Loan Program provides loans for property owners, developers, community groups, and local governments to conduct preliminary endangerment assessment of underutilized urban properties. Loan used to conduct preliminary endangerment assessments. If redevelopment of property is determined not to be economically feasible, up to 75 percent of the loan amount can be waived.

Public Agency Per Health and Safety Code § 80370, applicant must not have any: Felony convictions or misdemeanors involving the regulation of hazardous materials, moral turpitude, 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. Geography: Urban properties only. Per Health and Safety Code § 80200-80280, 80350, and 80355, eligible properties include brownfields or underutilized properties in California. Matching funds: Not Required

Read the full announcement on the California Grants Portal before you start. Contact: name: Maryam Tasnif-Abbasi; email: Maryam.Tasnif-Abbasi@dtsc.ca.gov; tel: 1-714-484-5489;