Brownfields are properties that may have hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants present. EPA’s Brownfields Program provides grants and technical assistance to communities, states, cities, local governments, nonprofit organizations, regional councils of government, tribes and others to assess, safely clean up and sustainably reuse these contaminated properties. Cleaning up and reinvesting in brownfields protects human health and the environment, reduces blight, and takes development pressures off greenspaces and working lands. The TCEQ offers technical advice and education, through its relationship with the EPA, for some brownfields redevelopment projects where local government is supporting or playing a key role. The TCEQ will assess eligible sites and accept applications as long as resources are available. The Brownfields Site Assessments Program web URL is: (https://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/bsa).