Grants and Cooperative Agreements to USA Agencies, Tribes, and IHEs to Address Environmental Justice

Pollution Prevention Grant: Environmental Justice Through Safer and More Sustainable Products

Agency

Federal

GrantWatch ID#

209174

Funding Source

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

CFDA Number: 66.708

Funding or PIN Number: EPA-I-OCSPP-OPPT-FY2023-002

Geographic Focus

All USA
USA Territories: American Samoa (USA); Guam (USA); Puerto Rico (USA); Virgin Islands (USA); Northern Mariana Islands (USA);
USA Compact Free Associations:The Federated States of Micronesia (USA) Marshall Islands (USA) Republic of Palau (USA)

Important Dates

Deadline: 06/20/23 11:59 PM ET

Grant Description

Grants and cooperative agreements to USA and territories agencies, Tribes, and IHEs to address environmental justice. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take several weeks to finalize. Funding is intended to address environmental justice by providing pollution prevention (P2) technical assistance to businesses (e.g., information, training, expert advice) in order to improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities.

The purpose of the Pollution Prevention Grant: Environmental Justice Through Safer and more Sustainable Products is to provide pollution prevention (P2) technical assistance to businesses (e.g., information, training, expert advice) in order to improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities by increasing the supply, demand and use of safer and more sustainable products, such as those that are certified by EPA’s Safer Choice program, or those that conform to EPA’s Recommendations for Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing (Recommendations).

Greater availability and use of safer and more sustainable products can reduce harmful chemical exposures and their impacts on human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities. Because P2 approaches can decrease harmful chemical exposures and impacts on human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities, EPA views these grants as a component of President Biden’s Justice40 initiative, which established a goal for 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, underserved and overburdened by pollution.

Recipient

Eligibility

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)

Additional Eligibility Criteria

Section 6605 of the PPA and applicable parts of 40 CFR Part 35, Subparts A and B (40 CFR 35.340 et seq. and 35.660 et seq.) authorize EPA to award grants and/or cooperative agreements to the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S. (40 CFR 35.345), any agency or instrumentality of a state or tribe, including colleges and universities, federally recognized Indian tribes that meet the requirements as described in 40 CFR 35.663, and Intertribal Consortia that meet the requirements in 40 CFR 35.504.

Colleges and universities must be chartered, commissioned or publicly-owned/operated by the state or the federally recognized tribe in order to be eligible. Colleges and universities must include documentation within their applications, which may include, but is not limited to a: state constitutional reference, college/university charter, or a W-7 tax form that has confirmed the college or university to serve as an instrumentality of a state or a federally recognized tribe. EPA strongly encourages minority serving institutions (MSIs) that meet the eligibility criteria to apply for these grants

Ineligible

Note: Local governments, private universities, for-profit organizations, nonprofit organizations, private businesses, and individuals are not eligible to apply for funding under this announcement but can partner with eligible applicants.

Pre-Application Information

Key Dates:
- March 8, 2023: RFA Opens
- June 20, 2023: RFA Closes – Applications Are Due by 11:59 PM (ET)
- September 30, 2023: Anticipated Notification of Funding Selection
- October 30, 2023: Anticipated Award

Applications submitted outside of Grants.gov will be deemed ineligible without further consideration unless the applicant can clearly demonstrate that it was due to EPA mishandling or technical problems associated with Grants.gov or SAM.gov. An applicant’s failure to timely submit their application through Grants.gov because they did not timely or properly register in SAM.gov or Grants.gov will not be considered an acceptable reason to consider a submission outside of Grants.gov.

Prior to Applying through Grants.gov – Applicants must:
1. Designate an AOR as the individual who will submit the application through Grants.gov.
2. Be registered and have an active SAM account (https://sam.gov) to apply for federal assistance.
3. Be registered in Grants.gov (https://www.grants.gov/).

Note: The registration process for applying through Grants.gov may take a month or more to complete. Please register early. The electronic submission of your application must be made by the AOR of the organization who is registered with Grants.gov and is authorized to sign applications for federal funding assistance.

The RFA has no cost-share requirements (zero match required) and will not be eligible for inclusion in performance partnership grant (PPG) agreements.

Application information must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.

Watch an Informational Webinar:
https://www.epa.gov/p2/epa-pollution-prevention-webinar-series-past-webinars

Steps to Take Before Applying:
https://www.epa.gov/p2/steps-take-applying-p2-grant

View this opportunity on Grants.gov:
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=346670

Additional Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$8,000,000

Estimated Size of Grant

Individual grant awards may range from $100,000 to $800,000 for the funding period, or up to $1.2 million for multi-state or multi-tribal projects.

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