EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program Guidance Covers Waste & Materials Management
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The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants is one of the EPA’s big new Inflation Reduction Act funding opportunities of almost $5B. The grants include non-competitive "planning grants” for staffing up and initial planning, and then provide large competitive funds to implement those plans with eligible local governments. However, the work must relate to the initial planning grant to develop or expand the plans.
In the recently released Program Guidance, the EPA encourages eligible entities to develop (or, if applicable, revise their existing) climate plans consistent with the following programmatic priorities:
Adopt and implement ambitious policies and programs to reduce GHG emissions and accelerate decarbonization across multiple important sectors (e.g., industry, electricity generation, transportation, commercial and residential buildings, agriculture/natural and working lands and waste and materials management).
Territory & Tribal guidance with $500K non-competitive for each R9 territory & set aside ($25M) for tribes and tribal consortia: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-02/EPA%20CPRG%20Planning%20Grants%20Program%20Guidance%20for%20Tribes-Tribal%20Consortia-Territories%2003-01-2023.pdf
State Guidance - $3M to each state, $1M to each of the 67 largest municipalities: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-02/EPA%20CPRG%20Planning%20Grants%20Program%20Guidance%20for%20States-Municipalities-Air%20Agencies%2003-01-2023.pdf
The official list of municipalities/metro areas covered with the planning funds from p. 35 of the guidance.
https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-02/EPA%20CPRG%20Planning%20Grants%20Program%20Guidance%20for%20States-Municipalities-Air%20Agencies%2003-01-2023.pdf
The webinars will all be recoded and are at: https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/climate-pollution-reduction-grants#CPRG-Webinars
$150M in Grants Available for Qualified Organics-Recycling Projects
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) has made more than $150 million in grants available for qualified organics-recycling projects as part of the 2023 "Cycle 7” of this multi-year program. The application deadline for this round is April 20, 2023.
https://calrecycle.ca.gov/climate/grantsloans/organics/fy202122fy202223/?emrc=63fd0f76949da
