Site Cleanup Subaccount Program
Site Cleanup Subaccount Program supports responsible parties and agencies in investigating and cleaning up water contamination to protect human health, safety, and the environment.
Funder: California State Water Resources Control Board
Due Dates: Rolling (continuous pre-application; no deadline)
Funding Amounts: No funding request limits; no cost match required; $40 million in annual program appropriations
Summary: SCAP funds investigation and cleanup of existing or threatened surface water or groundwater contamination that harms human health, safety, or the environment.
Key Information: All responsible parties must lack sufficient financial resources to pay for the required response actions.
Description
The Site Cleanup Subaccount Program (SCAP), administered by the California State Water Resources Control Board through its Division of Financial Assistance, supports reasonable and necessary costs of investigating and addressing surface water or groundwater contamination. Established in 2014 under Health & Safety Code Section 25299.50.6, the program can fund site characterization, contamination source identification, and cleanup implementation.
SCAP prioritizes significant threats to human health or the environment, impacts on disadvantaged or small communities, and environmental benefits relative to project costs. The Board also considers other available funding sources and environmental justice, including the most recent CalEnviroScreen score for the project location. Previously funded work includes chlorinated-solvent cleanup, industrial metals cleanup, soil vapor extraction, and interim vapor intrusion mitigation.
