Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA HQ OPPT 2018 002
The FY 2018 and FY 2019 Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program is an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) competitive funding opportunity designed to support two-year projects that help organizations prevent pollution at its source. In EPA terms, this is "source reduction" or "pollution prevention (P2)," meaning actions that reduce or eliminate pollutants before they ever enter a waste stream or get released into the environment, rather than relying on downstream recycling, treatment, or disposal. The program is oriented toward practical, measurable improvements that reduce environmental impacts while also helping recipients cut resource use, operational costs, waste generation, and potential liabilities.
At its core, EPA is looking for proposals that deliver usable pollution prevention tools, practices, and technical assistance that can be applied in real-world settings. Projects are expected to measurably improve the environmental footprint of groups such as state agencies, federally recognized tribes, intertribal consortia, businesses and facilities, municipal and local governments, and local communities. The emphasis is not only on environmental benefits, but also on operational efficiency, such as reduced inputs (energy, water, raw materials), reduced waste and emissions, and reduced costs tied to handling and managing hazardous materials.
The solicitation also makes clear that projects must align with the statutory authorities for the program by using recognized technical assistance approaches. Acceptable methods include research, investigation, experiments, education, training, studies, and demonstrations of innovative techniques. In practice, that means applicants should be proposing hands-on assistance and knowledge-building activities that help beneficiaries identify pollution prevention opportunities and implement them, rather than focusing solely on regulatory compliance or end-of-pipe controls.
A major priority of this opportunity is documentation and information-sharing so that successful approaches can be replicated. Grant recipients are generally expected to track and report the recommendations they provide to technical assistance beneficiaries and then follow up later to report which P2 actions the beneficiaries actually adopted. The idea is to move beyond one-time advice and instead show that the assistance led to real operational changes and measurable outcomes. The notice indicates there can be alternative reporting approaches when technical assistance is delivered broadly (for example, via widely distributed tools or trainings), but documentation and dissemination remain central expectations.
Projects must also align with at least one of the P2 Program's National Emphasis Areas. These emphasis areas include business-based pollution prevention solutions; efforts that support Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) priorities and chemical safety; pollution prevention in food and beverage manufacturing and processing; and hazardous materials source reduction approaches implemented in states or communities. Applicants should clearly connect their project activities to one or more of these categories and show how their work will drive source reduction outcomes in those priority spaces.
From a funding standpoint, EPA projected approximately $2 million total federal funding across a two-year cycle, with about $1 million associated with FY 2018 funds and about $1 million with FY 2019 funds. Awards are expected to be implemented within EPA regions and may be issued as grants or cooperative agreements. The announcement notes that these dollar figures are estimates and that final funding depends on Congressional appropriations, availability of funds, the quality of proposals received, and performance and other relevant considerations. The opportunity lists an expected number of awards of about 20, and it does not specify a fixed award ceiling in the summary data provided.
Eligibility is broad and includes governmental, educational, tribal, and nonprofit entities. Eligible applicants include the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other U.S. territories or possessions, as well as local governments (including city or township governments), independent school district governments, and state-controlled institutions of higher education. Nonprofit organizations are eligible, including nonprofit private institutions of higher education and community-based grassroots organizations, and the program also welcomes federally recognized tribes and intertribal consortia. Ineligible applicants include individuals and private businesses or entrepreneurs applying on their own, as well as 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations that engage in lobbying activities as defined under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
Administrative details from the opportunity record identify it as a discretionary EPA funding opportunity (CFDA 66.717), with funding instruments listed as grants and cooperative agreements. The opportunity number is EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-002. The solicitation was created July 12, 2018, with an original closing date of August 23, 2018, and the notice indicates there may be additional close date information in the solicitation itself (Section IV). Overall, the program is structured to fund practical, results-oriented pollution prevention assistance, with strong expectations for measurable outcomes, careful reporting, and active sharing of best practices so that successful P2 solutions can be scaled and repeated elsewhere.Apply for EPA HQ OPPT 2018 002
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2018 and FY 2019 Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.717.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 12, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 23, 2018 See Section IV of the solicitation for additional close date information. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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