66.717: Source Reduction Assistance

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Sept. 21, 2022

Sept. 21, 2022

The goal of the SRA program is to award grants that support research, investigation, study, demonstration, education and training using source reduction approaches (also known as “pollution prevention” and herein referred to as “P2”). P2 means reducing or eliminating pollutants from entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal. This program provides applicants the opportunity to utilize hands on practical P2 tools, information and/or innovative P2 approaches to measurably improve the public health and the surrounding environment, by reducing the use of hazardous substances, reducing toxic pollutants, supporting efficiencies in reducing resource use (e.g., water and energy), and reducing business expenditures and liability costs. Funding Priorities - Fiscal Year 2021: The Pollution Prevention (P2) Program has adopted five national emphasis areas (NEAs) for the FY 2020/2021 grant cycle. Grant projects selected for award must support at least one of these NEAs. Establishing these grant priorities is intended to help focus resources to generate more impactful and measurable results, and to facilitate sharing of information among grantees working on similar issues. The following NEAs offer significant opportunities for pollution prevention, economic and environmental impact: NEA #1: Food and Beverage Manufacturing and Processing; NEA #2: Chemical Manufacturing, Processing and Formulation; NEA #3: Automotive Manufacturing and Maintenance; NEA #4: Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing and Maintenance: NEA #5: Metal Manufacturing and Fabrication. For more information on the P2 National Emphasis Areas (NEA), visit: https://www.epa.gov/p2/p2-national-emphasis-areas-neas.

B - Project Grants (Discretionary)

Eligible applicants for purposes of funding under the grant programs administered under this Assistance Listing announcement include: the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, local governments, city or township governments, independent school district governments, state controlled institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations (other than institutions of higher education), private institutions of higher education, community-based grassroots organizations, and federally-recognized tribes and intertribal consortia. 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.

Any state, federally-recognized tribal government, intertribal consortia, college/university, non-profit organization, local government, independent school district, student interns (within undergrad and graduate school programs), for profit businesses, and the general public.

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