Greenhouse Gas and Zero Emission On-road Mobile Source Standards

 

EPA is providing grants to support state governments that are interested in adopting and implementing Californias motor vehicle greenhouse gas and zero emission standards in accordance with Clean Air Act Section 177. The grants are provided under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Section 60105(g) [Public Law 117169, title VI, Aug. 16, 2022, 136 Stat. 2076]. Under section 177 of the Clean Air Act, states may adopt Californias motor vehicle standards. Section 177 specifies the criteria states must meet when they adopt Californias motor vehicle emission standards, including that the adopted standards to be identical to Californias standards, provide 2 years of lead time, and a waiver must be issued by EPA before a state can enforce such standards. Funding Priorities Fiscal Year 2024: The IRA Section 60105(g) grant program aims to assist states in the adoption and/or implementation of Californias greenhouse gas and zero emission motor vehicle standards.

Active 66.048 Environmental Protection Agency B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2024 Once awarded, grants will be listed at https://www.epa.gov/grants/air-grants-and-funding. Clean Air Act, Section 177, as amended (P.L. 95-95, 42 US Code 7507)
Inflation Reduction Act, Section 60105(g) (P.L. 117-169) Assistance under this program is available to states that meet the requirements of Clean Air Act section 177. Section 302 of the Clean Air Act defines "states" as including the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. States will also be eligible to apply as a group of states. To be able to use the funds for the eligible activities, states must also have a plan approved under Part D of the Clean Air Act. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy. Not applicable. For multi-state applications: partnership letters from states participating in the multi-state coalition are required. Preapplication coordination is required. Regarding pre-application assistance with respect to competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, EPA will generally specify the nature of the pre-application assistance, if any, that will be available to applicants in the competitive announcement. For additional information, contact the individual(s) listed in the competitive announcement. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Applicants, except in limited circumstances approved by the Agency, must submit all initial applications for funding through Grants.gov. For competitive awards, EPA will review and evaluate applications in accordance with the terms, conditions, and criteria stated in the competitive announcement. Competitions will be conducted in accordance with EPA policies/regulations for competing assistance agreements: https://www.epa.gov/grants/epa-order-57005a1-epas-policy-competition-assistance-agreements. For competitive awards, deadlines will be specified in the competitive announcement. From 120 to 180 days. Assistance agreement competition-related disputes will be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures published in 70 FR (Federal Register) 3629, 3630 (January 26, 2005) (available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/01/26/05-1371/notice-of-availability-of-class-deviation-assistance-agreement-competition-related-disputes) . Copies of these procedures may also be found at: https://www.epa.gov/grants/grant-competition-dispute-resolution-procedures. Not applicable. The evaluation and selection criteria for competitive awards under this assistance listing will be described in the competitive announcement. Grants can be made available to eligible recipients to adopt and implement California’s motor vehicle greenhouse gas and zero-emission standards for mobile sources in accordance with section 177 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) (42 U.S.C. 7507). Assistance agreement awards under this program may involve or relate to geospatial information. Geospatial information is information that identifies the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features or boundaries on the earth, or applications, tools, and hardware associated with the generation, maintenance, or distribution of such information. This information may be derived from, among other things, GPS, remote sensing, mapping, charting, and surveying technologies, or statistical data. Further information regarding geospatial information may be obtained by viewing the following website: Geospatial Resources at EPA (https://www.epa.gov/geospatial). Performance Reports: Grantees are required to conduct performance monitoring in accordance with Agency policy and requirements stated in the Uniform Grants Guidance 2 CFR 200. Grants and cooperative agreements are subject to inspections and audits by the Comptroller General of the United States, the EPA Office of Inspector General, other EPA staff, or any authorized representative of the Federal government. Reviews by the EPA Project Officer and the Grants Specialist may occur each year. Recipients must keep financial records, including all documents supporting entries on accounting records and to substantiate changes in grants available to personnel authorized to examine EPA recipients grants and cooperative agreements records. Recipients must maintain all records until 3 years from the date of submission of final expenditure reports as required by 2 CFR 200.334. If questions, such as those raised because of audits remain following the 3-year period, recipients must retain records until the matter is completely resolved. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching is . While there is no statutory or regulatory cost sharing requirement for this assistance listing, as a matter of policy the Agency may impose a cost sharing requirement in specific competitions. If the Agency decides to do this, the cost sharing terms will be stated in Section III of the competitive announcement.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. For FY 2024, EPA is developing this program and will determine the length and phasing of awards. EPA anticipates one round of funding for this assistance. Assistance agreements may be incrementally (annually) or fully funded. None/Not specified. Kaitlyn Leffert, Team Leader
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48105 USA
Leffert.Kaitlyn@epa.gov
Phone: 734-214-4062

Meg Patulski, Branch Manager
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48105 USA
Patulski.Meg@epa.gov
Phone: 734-214-4842 https://www.epa.gov/grants/air-grants-and-funding 68-0103-0-1-304 (Project Grants (Discretionary)) FY 22$0.00; FY 23 est $0.00; FY 24 est $5,000,000.00; - Grants of up to $1,000,000 will be awarded to individual states and grants of up to $3,000,000 will be awarded to multi-state groups, with a minimum funding amount of $500,000 for single state and multi-state grants. 2 CFR 200 and 1500 (EPA Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards; 40 CFR Part 33 (Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in United States Environmental Protection Agency Programs). Not applicable.