Pollution Prevention Grants Program

 

The P2 grant program was enacted under the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 to: 1. Provide technical assistance (e.g., information, training and tools) to businesses/facilities on source reduction/P2 techniques to help them adopt and implement source reduction/P2 approaches that may increase the development, adoption, and market penetration of sustainable manufacturing and processing practices and greener products. 2. Identify, develop, document, and share source reduction/P2 best management practices and innovations so the information generated may inform future technical assistance and encourage practices and innovations that may be replicated by others. The technical assistance provided must use P2/source reduction techniques to reduce and/or eliminate pollution from air, water and/or land prior to performing recycling, reuse, clean up or disposal activities. The P2 grant program funds may be awarded as grants and/or cooperative agreements. Infrastructure Investment and Job Act (IIJA) funds affords the P2 program the ability to further support P2 technical assistance to businesses. Under the FY 24-25 P2 grant program award cycle, the P2 Program is planning to release additional P2 grant funds, again under two separate grant announcements. Updated information on these programs will be shared on EPAs Grant Program for Pollution Prevention here for further details: https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-programs-pollution-prevention. Funding Priorities are: 1. Help businesses adopt P2 techniques into day-to-day operations to reduce or eliminate harmful pollutants from entering the air, water or land 2. Encourage education and/or training in P2/source reduction techniques. 3. Support P2 information sharing among states, state and federally-recognized tribal entities (e.g., state/tribal colleges/universities), federally-recognized tribes, local technical assistance programs, businesses, and industry. 4. During the FY23-24 grant competition cycle and the anticipated FY24-25 grant competition cycle, support environmental justice (EJ) and/or climate change work. To find out more on how EJ and climate change are defined by the P2 Program and how each can be utilized through P2 grant work, please see EPAs Grant Programs for P2 page here: https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-programs-pollution-prevention. Additional funding priorities may be found in the grant announcement specific to each P2 grant program announcement. Please see EPAs Grant Program for Pollution Prevention here for further details: https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-programs-pollution-prevention.

Active 66.708 Environmental Protection Agency B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2016 FY 2016 - FY 2017 P2 and PPIN grant proposals are currently undergoing review. EPA anticipates program accomplishments somewhat similar to those achieved under the FY 2015 P2 and PPIN grant competitions. During FY 2016 - FY 2017, EPA awarded 48 P2 grants to support a two-year funding period - $4,009,070 awarded in FY 2016 and $3,942,000 awarded in FY 2017. During FY 2016 - FY 2017, EPA awarded 8 PPIN grants to support a two-year funding period - $746,473 awarded in FY 2016 and $740,000 awarded in FY 2017.
Fiscal Year 2017 During FY 2016 - FY 2017, EPA awarded 48 P2 grants to support a two-year funding period - $4,009,070 awarded in FY 2016 and $3,942,000 awarded in FY 2017.
Fiscal Year 2018 During FY 2018-FY 2019, EPA awarded 47 grants to support a two-year funding period. $4,740,917 was awarded in FY 2018.
Fiscal Year 2019 As of this assistance listing update, FY 2020-2021 awards are under review. During FY 2018-FY 2019, EPA awarded 47 P2 grants to support a two-year funding period - $4,594,426 awarded in FY 2018 and $4,720,620 awarded in FY 2019. During FY 2016 - FY 2017, EPA awarded 48 P2 grants to support a two-year funding period - $4,009,070 awarded in FY 2016 and $3,942,000 awarded in FY 2017. During FY 2016 - FY 2017, EPA awarded 8 PPIN grants to support a two-year funding period - $746,473 awarded in FY 2016 and $740,000 awarded in FY 2017. For more information on recent accomplishments, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/p2/fiscal-year-2018-2019-pollution-prevention-grant-summaries
Fiscal Year 2020 During FY 2020 - FY 2021, EPA awarded 42 grants, in the amount of $9,077,281 to support a two-year funding period ($4,583,635 awarded in FY 2020 and FY $4,493,646 awarded in FY 2021). For accomplishments associated with this assistance listing, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-programs-pollution-prevention#results.
Fiscal Year 2022 During the FY 22-23 P2 grant competition cycle, the P2 Program released two separate P2 competitive grant announcements to support P2 technical assistance to businesses. The first announcement was supported with recurring P2 grant appropriations. The second announcement, supported with Infrastructure Investment and Job Act (IIJA) funds, affords the P2 program the ability to further support of P2 technical assistance to businesses. For updated information on accomplishments under this assistance listing, please visit the following website: https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-results Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, Section 6605
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Public Law 117-58 State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments, Intertribal Consortia, U.S. Territories and possessions, U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), any agency or instrumentality of a state, including colleges and universities of states, federally-recognized 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, W-7 tax form that has confirmed the college or university to serve as an instrumentality of a state or a federally-recognized tribe. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing description, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy. Eligible applicants under this program are: State agencies, State colleges and universities that are instrumentalities of the State and federally-recognized Tribes. These eligible applicants are encouraged to establish partnerships with businesses and environmental assistance providers to deliver seamless P2 assistance. Over the years, the P2 Program has found that the most successful P2 grant applicants are those that make the most efficient use of their government funding. In many cases, this has been accomplished through securing grant partnerships. As a result, those who are eligible to apply directly for P2 grant funding can also provide P2 benefits to their grant partners and grant beneficiaries, which include, but are not limited to: States, interstate, intrastate, and local agencies or organizations/universities, federally-recognized Tribes, intertribal consortia, public or private nonprofit organizations/institutions, private businesses, trade associations, student interns (within undergraduate and graduate programs), quasi public nonprofit organizations, schools and the general public. In cases where the applicants credentials are not clear, the applicant must provide proof that the applicant is indeed a state agency/organization, federally-recognized tribe, or intertribal consortium. 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. Requests for general information may be made to EPA Headquarters or to the appropriate EPA Regional Pollution Prevention Program office listed in the competitive announcement. Applicants will find procedures for applying by following the steps detailed in Section IV - Application and Submission Instructions of the competitive announcement. The competitive announcement may be found on EPA's Pollution Prevention Grant Programs page: https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-programs-pollution-prevention. Applications must be submitted to the appropriate EPA Regional Pollution Prevention Program office in order to be considered for an award. Submitted application materials must abide by EPA grant policy and programmatic requirements in order to be considered for funding. Applicants, except in limited circumstances approved by the Agency, must submit initial applications for funding through Grants.gov. 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. For competitive awards, deadlines will be specified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). From 90 to 120 days. Approximately 120 days after deadline for application submission. 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 anticipated competitive announcements posted to Grants.gov. Funding under the P2 grant program helps businesses establish provide on-site technical assistance or training to businesses, support educational outreach and research endeavors, support data collection and analysis to curb environmental inefficiencies and help businesses significantly reduce facility overhead and/or production costs. P2 grants are authorized under the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) of 1990 and supported through Congressional appropriation. Past grants have addressed the transfer of potentially harmful pollutants across all environmental media: air, water, and land and have supported the establishment and expansion of State and Tribal P2 programs under diverse topic areas, some of which include: industrial toxics usage, chemical substitution, energy reduction, reduction of hazardous waste and wastewater and reductions in water usage. For more information on the scope of this grant program, please refer to PPA Section 6603 and 40 CFR Sections 35.343 and 35.662. Performance Reports: Final technical report describing work accomplished, milestones achieved or missed, P2 best practices implemented and/or shared, lessons learned, activities transferred to others to replicate and possible case study work accomplished. Refer to "Program Reports". 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: Title Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

Matching is mandatory. 50%. The statutory match/cost share requirement for P2 grants is authorized by the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. Eligible awardees receiving P2 grant funds are required to match federal funding by at least 50 percent. As such, EPA will provide half of the total allowable project cost and the grantee will provide the remaining half. To further illustrate, if the total project cost is $100,000, in order to meet the 50 percent cost share or match requirement, the grantee must be able to provide $50,000 in cash or in-kind contributions in order to be eligible to receive $50,000 in federal grant funds from EPA. Cash or in-kind contributions may include: dollars, in-kind goods and services, and/or third party contributions. When applying for P2 grant funding, the applicant must note in their budget the application and use of matching funds. The match requirement may be applied at the time of award or at specified intervals during the project period. The grant project officer in the EPA Region will monitor the grantee's compliance addressing the match requirement. If the match requirement is not met or is not applied at specified intervals during the project period, federal funding will cease and the grantee may be held liable for all incurred costs. With concern to federally-recognized tribes or intertribal consortia only -- If a federally-recognized tribe or intertribal consortium is selected for a P2 grant award and tribe then chooses to place their approved P2 grant workplan in a performance partnership grant (PPG) agreement, the match or cost share requirement will be reduced from 50 percent to 5 percent. The reduction in match will be applied during the first two years of the PPG agreement. If applicable, after two years of funding, the EPA Regional Administrator will make the determination through objective assessment whether the federally-recognized tribe or intertribal consortium meets the socioeconomic needs test to warrant keeping the match/cost share at 5 percent. NOTE: There is no cost share/match requirement for P2 grants issued with Infrastructure Investment and Job Act (IIJA) funds appropriation. For further information on match and cost share requirements, please refer to Section III of the applicable P2 grant announcement that is posted to Grants.gov.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Assistance agreements are awarded for an initial funding period of two years. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Letter. Regional EPA Contacts: U.S. EPA Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT), 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Mail Code: OESO4-1,Boston, MA 02109-3912, Contact: Lee Fiske, phone: (617) 918-1847; email: fiske.lee@epa.gov. U.S. EPA Region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, U.S. Virgin Islands), 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, Mail Code: PSPMMB, New York, NY 10007-1866, Contact: Alex Peck, phone: (212) 637-3758; email: peck.alex@epa.gov. U.S. EPA Region 3 (DE, MD, PA, VA, WV, D.C.), 1650 Arch Street, Mail Code: 3E100, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029, Contact: Peter Piergiovanni, phone: (215) 814-3442; email: piergiovanni.peter@epa.gov. U.S. EPA Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN), Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303, Contact: Margaret Reynolds: phone: (404)- 562-8678; email: reynolds.margaret@epa.gov, U.S. EPA Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI), 77 West Jackson Blvd, Mail Code: DW-8J, Chicago, IL 60604-3590; Contact: Christine Clark, phone: (312) 886-9749; email: clark.christine@epa.gov. U.S. EPA Region 6 (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX), 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500, Mail Code: LCRPT, Dallas, TX 75202, Contact: Stephanie Cheaney, phone: (214) 665-8057; email: cheaney.stephanie@epa.gov. U.S. EPA Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE), 11201 Renner Blvd, Lenexa, KS 66219, Contact: Kate Larberg, phone: (913) 551-7273; email: larberg.kate@epa.gov. U.S. EPA Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY),1595 Wynkoop St, Mail Code: 8P-P3T, Denver, CO 80202-1129, Contact: Melissa Payan, phone: (303) 312-6511; email: payan.melissa@epa.gov. U.S. EPA Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, Pacific Islands and Tribal Nations subject to U.S. law), 75 Hawthorne Street, Mail Code: WST-7, San Francisco, CA 94105, Contact: Jessica Counts-Arnold, phone: 415-972-3288; email: counts-arnold.jessica@epa.gov. U.S. EPA Region 10 (AK, ID, OR, WA),1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Mail Code: AWT-128, Contact: Jill Nogi phone: (206) 553-1841; email: nogi.jill@epa.gov. Bridget Kelly
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania, Avenue, N.W., (Mail Code: 7406M)
Washington, DC 20460 US
kelly.bridget@epa.gov
Phone: 202-566-0718 https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-programs-pollution-prevention 68-0103-0-1-304 (Project Grants (Discretionary)) FY 22$4,690,000.00; FY 23 est $4,690,000.00; FY 24 est $4,690,000.00; FY 21$4,493,646.00; FY 20$4,583,635.00; FY 19$4,625,602.00; FY 18$4,740,917.00; FY 17$3,942,000.00; FY 16$4,722,000.00; - (Recurring Appropriation)(Project Grants) FY 22$0.00; FY 23 est $13,900,000.00; FY 24 est $13,900,000.00; FY 21$0.00; - (IIJA Funding) FY 2023 - FY 2024 P2 recurring grant competitions, award funding is estimated at approximately $16,000,000 with grants and cooperative agreements ranging from $100,000 -$1,200,000. 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); 40 CFR Part 35 SubPart A (Environmental Program Grants) or SubPart B (Environmental Program Grants for Tribes. Program Guidance for this assistance listing can be found at: https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-programs-pollution-prevention. Fiscal Year 2016 As of this CFDA update, FY 2016 award selections have not been finalized under the P2 and PPIN grant programs. The following are examples of P2 grants supporting activities in FY 2016 and FY 2017. P2 Grant: EPA funded amount: $64,940 in FY 2016 and $64,140 in FY 2017. The grant recipient will evaluate above-ground storage tanks (ASTs) for pollution prevention and risk preparedness within high risk, flood-prone coastal communities due to both anticipated sea level rise and flooding from various storm events. The scope of the study will cover coastal communities in Rhode Island. Facilities in these areas will be initially identified using information housed within the grant recipient’s AST database. All information gathering will be driven by direct observation and using environmentally-based tools provide accuracy for the project. All relevant information will be integrated into a geographic information system. It is anticipated the grant recipient will preform five to ten on-site assessments. P2 Grant: EPA funded amount: $104,103 in FY 2016 and $92,920 in FY 2017. The grant recipient will develop a capacity-building project to encourage local municipalities to serve as educators and supporters of small businesses, helping the businesses institute best management practices to reduce use and storage of toxic materials and improve worker safety, profitability, and the safety of surrounding properties and neighborhoods. The grant recipient will target three local jurisdictions containing large numbers of small businesses in high flood-risk areas and demonstrating diverse types of population density and economic and demographic profiles. P2 Grant: EPA funded amount: $80,000 in FY 2016 and $80,000 in FY 2017. The grant recipient will design, produce and conduct four half-day workshops geared to Kentucky EXCEL members, Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center program participants, organizations and industries. The events will be free for participants and will be held in multiple locations to facilitate participation across the state and to target specific sectors and regions. The workshops will address source reduction and money savings for small businesses, efficient steam generation to realize greenhouse gas reductions, strategies for reductions in peak demand energy use and energy efficiency opportunities for facilities. The recipient will also develop a series of tools and resources for the workshops to help train participants. The tools and resources are: 1) Spreadsheets: Energy Profile and Cost Summary, Energy Report Card, Utility Bill Analysis Tracker; 2) Calculators: Energy Use Intensity Comparison, Thermostat Savings, Lighting Retrofit Recommendations Savings; 3) Surveys for: lighting, HVAC Systems, motors; and, 4) tip sheets for: lighting, HVAC systems, motors, installing and assessing building envelopes, and achieving compressed air energy savings. Post-workshop evaluation and additional one-to-one technical assistance will be provided by the grant recipient to participants on-demand and through a series of scheduled webinars. P2 Grant: EPA funded amount: $109,330 in FY 2016 and $108,957 in FY 2017. The grant recipient will provide technical assistance to chemical and food industry manufacturers participating in Louisiana’s Economy, Energy and Environment (E3) program - Value Louisiana. The assistance to manufacturers will include: 1) on-site assessments for businesses that address ways and means for reducing chemical usage, energy and water use, 2) sponsoring and facilitating educational, environmental workshops and trainings in partnership with the Zero Waste Network, 3) increasing the amount of member participation in Value Louisiana and the Louisiana Chemical Manufacturing Imitative, and 4) leveraging faculty research to support source reduction opportunities and innovation for manufacturers. P2 Grant: EPA funded amount: $134,372 in FY 2016 and $162,860 in FY 2017. The grant recipient will work to improve the environmental performance of industrial facilities and businesses by conducting 44 confidential site assessments focused on Iowa’s greenhouse gas emitters, food manufacturers, and hospitals and chemical manufacturers that use large quantities of water or energy. The P2 assessments aim to generate cost-saving and environmental improvement recommendations for facilities with assistance from pollution prevention engineers or a P2 intern. The grant recipient will report aggregated environmental outcomes and the sectors served by the project. In particular, the grant recipient anticipates P2 assistance will reduce energy demand by increasing the implementation of energy efficiency (e.g., lighting retrofits, boiler and compressor efficiency, etc.) and heat recovery P2 strategies throughout production processes; reduce the amount of water use for production and mechanical operation by increasing water conservation; reducing effluent pollutant loadings and wastewater flows to onsite treatment facilities and municipal POTWs – resulting in lower operation and maintenance costs; and reduce or eliminate toxics use and waste generation through less toxic alternatives and more efficient usage.
Fiscal Year 2017 The following are examples of P2 grants supporting activities in FY 2016 and FY 2017. P2 Grant: EPA funded amount: $64,940 in FY 2016 and $64,140 in FY 2017. The grant recipient will evaluate above-ground storage tanks (ASTs) for pollution prevention and risk preparedness within high risk, flood-prone coastal communities due to both anticipated sea level rise and flooding from various storm events. The scope of the study will cover coastal communities in Rhode Island. Facilities in these areas will be initially identified using information housed within the grant recipient’s AST database. All information gathering will be driven by direct observation and using environmentally-based tools provide accuracy for the project. All relevant information will be integrated into a geographic information system. It is anticipated the grant recipient will preform five to ten on-site assessments. P2 Grant: EPA funded amount: $104,103 in FY 2016 and $92,920 in FY 2017. The grant recipient will develop a capacity-building project to encourage local municipalities to serve as educators and supporters of small businesses, helping the businesses institute best management practices to reduce use and storage of toxic materials and improve worker safety, profitability, and the safety of surrounding properties and neighborhoods. The grant recipient will target three local jurisdictions containing large numbers of small businesses in high flood-risk areas and demonstrating diverse types of population density and economic and demographic profiles. P2 Grant: EPA funded amount: $80,000 in FY 2016 and $80,000 in FY 2017. The grant recipient will design, produce and conduct four half-day workshops geared to Kentucky EXCEL members, Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center program participants, organizations and industries. The events will be free for participants and will be held in multiple locations to facilitate participation across the state and to target specific sectors and regions. The workshops will address source reduction and money savings for small businesses, efficient steam generation to realize greenhouse gas reductions, strategies for reductions in peak demand energy use and energy efficiency opportunities for facilities. The recipient will also develop a series of tools and resources for the workshops to help train participants. The tools and resources are: 1) Spreadsheets: Energy Profile and Cost Summary, Energy Report Card, Utility Bill Analysis Tracker; 2) Calculators: Energy Use Intensity Comparison, Thermostat Savings, Lighting Retrofit Recommendations Savings; 3) Surveys for: lighting, HVAC Systems, motors; and, 4) tip sheets for: lighting, HVAC systems, motors, installing and assessing building envelopes, and achieving compressed air energy savings. Post-workshop evaluation and additional one-to-one technical assistance will be provided by the grant recipient to participants on-demand and through a series of scheduled webinars. P2 Grant: EPA funded amount: $109,330 in FY 2016 and $108,957 in FY 2017. The grant recipient will provide technical assistance to chemical and food industry manufacturers participating in Louisiana’s Economy, Energy and Environment (E3) program - Value Louisiana. The assistance to manufacturers will include: 1) on-site assessments for businesses that address ways and means for reducing chemical usage, energy and water use, 2) sponsoring and facilitating educational, environmental workshops and trainings in partnership with the Zero Waste Network, 3) increasing the amount of member participation in Value Louisiana and the Louisiana Chemical Manufacturing Imitative, and 4) leveraging faculty research to support source reduction opportunities and innovation for manufacturers. P2 Grant: EPA funded amount: $134,372 in FY 2016 and $162,860 in FY 2017. The grant recipient will work to improve the environmental performance of industrial facilities and businesses by conducting 44 confidential site assessments focused on Iowa’s greenhouse gas emitters, food manufacturers, and hospitals and chemical manufacturers that use large quantities of water or energy. The P2 assessments aim to generate cost-saving and environmental improvement recommendations for facilities with assistance from pollution prevention engineers or a P2 intern. The grant recipient will report aggregated environmental outcomes and the sectors served by the project. In particular, the grant recipient anticipates P2 assistance will reduce energy demand by increasing the implementation of energy efficiency (e.g., lighting retrofits, boiler and compressor efficiency, etc.) and heat recovery P2 strategies throughout production processes; reduce the amount of water use for production and mechanical operation by increasing water conservation; reducing effluent pollutant loadings and wastewater flows to onsite treatment facilities and municipal POTWs – resulting in lower operation and maintenance costs; and reduce or eliminate toxics use and waste generation through less toxic alternatives and more efficient usage.
Fiscal Year 2023 The program is currently reviewing applications received under the FY23-24 P2 grant competitions. For examples of the types of projects funded under this assistance listing, please visit the following website: https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-summaries.