International Financial Assistance Projects Sponsored by the Office of International and Tribal Affairs

 

To protect human health and the environment while advancing U.S. national interests through international environmental collaboration. The Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA) engages both bilaterally and through multilateral institutions to improve international cooperation to prevent and address the transboundary movement of pollution. OITA will engage with key priority countries to address air pollution that contributes significant pollution to the domestic and international environment. Strengthening environmental protection abroad so that it is on par with practices in the U.S. helps build a level playing field for industry and promotes opportunities for technologies and innovation and the agencys international programs also play an important role in fulfilling national security and foreign policy objectives. OITA will continue technical and policy assistance for global and regional efforts to address international sources of harmful pollutants. OITA will engage multilaterally and bilaterally to prevent and reduce marine litter, an increasingly prominent global issue that can negatively impact domestic water quality, tourism, industry and public health in the U.S. OITA works with NPMs and Regional Offices to formulate U.S. international policies and to implement EPAs international programs that provide policy and technical assistance to other countries. OITA will continue to link anticipated and achieved outcomes to the Agencys Strategic Goals. Funding Priorities - Fiscal Year 2022: OITA will continue to strengthen its focus on prioritizing, allocating resources, and managing assistance agreements to advance the Agencys Strategic Goals and international priorities while maximizing limited resources most effectively and efficiently. OITA protects human health and the environment while advancing U.S. national interests through international environmental collaboration. Working with the experts from EPA's other programs and regional offices, other government agencies, and other nations and international organizations, OITA identifies international environmental issues that may adversely impact the United States and helps to design and implement technical and policy options to address them.

Active 66.931 Environmental Protection Agency B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2016 No content available yet. EPA collaborated with partner countries to strengthen and enhance public participation practices and to provide partner countries with tools and resources on social inclusion and public participation. EPA trained participants representing governments, NGOs, academia, media, and international organizations in Central and South America, the Middle East and North Africa, West Africa, and Indonesia. EPA, in support of the Lead Paint Alliance, provided technical assistance to Kenya, Tanzania, and other East African countries that furthered development and promulgation of lead in paint laws in East Africa.
Fiscal Year 2017 US leadership promoted the trilateral exploration of areas to improve the comparability of emissions via mitigation and adaptation projects, with the longer term view of adopting policies that will achieve each country’s climate goals, again illustrating the critical role played by the environment in any conversation on economic and social development.
Fiscal Year 2018 There were 14 cooperative agreements awarded for work beginning in FY 2018. Examples of projects addressed by DITCAs include: 1) regulatory oversight of Public Water Systems, to perform evaluation work, develop products and provide training; and 2) continued development of Underground Storage Tank (UST) programs; 3) work in tribal air quality management; and 4) Underground Injection Control (UIC) program work.
Fiscal Year 2020 For information on how EPA collaborates with global and bilateral partners, and the accomplishments achieved as a result of these partnerships, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/international-cooperation
Fiscal Year 2023 For information on how EPA collaborates with global and bilateral partners, and the accomplishments achieved as a result of these partnerships, please visit the following website: https://www.epa.gov/international-cooperation. Clean Air Act, Section 103 (42 US Code, Section 7403)
Clean Water Act, Section 104 (33 US Code, Section 1254)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Section 20(a), as amended by PL 106-74 (7 US Code, Section 136r)
Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, Section 203 (33 US Code, Section 1443)
National Environmental Policy Act, Section 102(2)(I)
Safe Drinking Water Act, Section 1442 (42 US Code, Section 300j-1(a)(1))
Solid Waste Disposal Act, Section 8001 (42 US Code, Section 6981)
Toxic Substances Control Act, Section Section 10, as amended by PL 106-74 (15 US Code Section 2609)
Support for East European Democracy Act, Section 502 Assistance under this program is generally available to States and local governments, territories and possessions, foreign governments, international organizations, Indian Tribes, and possessions of the U.S., including the District of Columbia, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions, which submit applications proposing projects with significant technical merit and relevance to EPA's Office of International Affairs' mission. 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. States and local governments, territories and possessions, foreign governments, international organizations, Indian Tribes, and possessions of the U.S., including the District of Columbia, public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private nonprofit institutions. Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA) may require applicants to submit documentation of non-profit status. OITA may request applicants to demonstrate they have appropriate background, academic training, experience in the field, and necessary equipment to carry out projects. OITA may also ask applicants or principal investigators to provide curriculum vitae and relevant publications. 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. Under EPA Order No. 5700.5A1, Policy for Competition in Assistance Agreements, Assistance awards to Foreign Governments and to United Nations agencies and similar International Organizations, such as the Organization of American States and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), may be exempted from competition at the discretion of OITA. For competitive awards, Requests for Applications (RFA) will specify application procedures. For competitive awards, EPA will review and evaluate applications submissions 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. For non-competitive awards made under this assistance listing, EPA will conduct an administrative evaluation to determine the adequacy of the application in relation to grant regulations and to technical and program evaluation to determine the merit and relevance of the project. The Agency will then advise the applicant if funding is being considered. A final work plan will then be negotiated with the applicant. For competitive awards, deadlines will be specified in the competitive announcement. From 120 to 180 days. Approximately 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). Copies of these procedures may also be found at: https://www.epa.gov/grants/grant-competition-dispute-resolution-procedures. Disputes relating to matters other than the competitive selection of recipients will be resolved under 2 CFR 1500 Subpart E, as applicable. Not applicable. The evaluation and selection criteria for competitive awards under this assistance listing will be described in the competitive announcement. Grants and cooperative agreements are available to support recipients' allowable direct cost expenditures incident to the approved project plus allocable portions of allowable indirect costs of the institution, in accordance with established EPA policy, 2 CFR parts 200 and 1500. Funding awarded for international research under these projects does not include research within the purview of EPA's Office of Research and Development. 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: The content and frequency of reporting requirements will be in the terms and conditions of the agreement. 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 requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. EPA normally funds grants and cooperative agreements on a 12-month basis. However, EPA can negotiate the project period with each applicant based on project requirements. EPA limits project periods to 7 years. Method of payment will be determined at the time of award. Assistance is awarded by project. None/Not specified. Lenore Connell
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of International and Tribal Affairs, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue., N.W
Washington, DC 20460 USA
Connell.Lenore@epa.gov
Phone: 202-564-5343 https://www.epa.gov/international-cooperation 68-0108-0-1-304 (Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)) FY 22$456,000.00; FY 23 est $1,000,000.00; FY 24 FY 21$25,000.00; FY 20$250,000.00; - Average range for past financial assistance ranged from $15,000 - $300,000. 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). Fiscal Year 2016 No content available yet. Internationally funded activities included support for mercury reduction technologies in support of the Minamata convention, Lead Pain initiative, trash free waters, and food waste reduction.
Fiscal Year 2018 This program assists institutions in strengthening their legal, technical, research, analytical, program implementation capacity, and expert knowledge, information, strategies, and tools. This program has also provided capacity building through the development and implementation of projects in areas, including but not limited to: water resource management-- surface and groundwater, drinking water, and wastewater management-- solid waste management, air quality management, greenhouse gases (GHG), black carbon, climate adaptation and resiliency, emergency response capacity, environmental impact assessments (EIA), public participation/social inclusion, and environmental enforcement and compliance.
Fiscal Year 2022 This program assists institutions in strengthening their legal, technical, research, analytical, program implementation capacity, and expert knowledge, information, strategies, and tools. This program has also provided capacity building through the development and implementation of projects in areas, including but not limited to: water resource management-- surface and groundwater, drinking water, and wastewater management-- solid waste management, air quality management, greenhouse gases (GHG), black carbon, climate adaptation and resiliency, emergency response capacity, environmental impact assessments (EIA), public participation/social inclusion, and environmental enforcement and compliance. For current activities funded under this assistance listing, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/international-cooperation.