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EPA Solid Waste
Funding
A Guide to Federal
Assistance
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RCRA/WASTE MANAGEMENT
CONTACTS IN EPA's REGIONAL
OFFICES
Listed below are each region's address and phone
number, followed by the states in that region.
Region 1
JFK Federal Building (SPP)
Boston, MA 02203-0001
617-565-3282
(Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, Vermont)
Region 2
290 Broadway (DEPP/RPB)
New York, NY 10007-1866
212-637-4125
(New Jersey, New York, Puerto
Rico, Virgin Islands)
Region 3
1650 R Street (3WCOO)
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-566-3000
(Delaware, District of Columbia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia)
Region 4
Waste Management
(4WD)
61 Forsyth Street, SW.
Atlanta,. GA 30303-3415
404-562-8440
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee)
Region 5
77 West Jackson
Boulevard (DW-8J)
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
312-886-3584
(Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin)
Region 6
1445 ROSS Avenue
Suite 1200 (6PD-U)
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
214-665-6760
(Arkansas, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
Region 7
726 Minnesota Avenue
(ARTD-TSPP)
Kansas City, KS 66101
913-551-7020
(Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska)
Region 8
999 18th Street
Suite 500 (8P2-P2)
Denver, CO 80204-2466
303-312-6390
(Colorado, Montana, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Utah,
Wyoming)
Region 9
75 Hawthorne Street
(WST-3)
San Francisco, CA 94105"
415-744-2098 ,-
415-744-2099
(Arizona, California, Hawaii,
Nevada, American Samoa, Guam)
Region 10
1200 6th Avenue
(WCM-121)
Seattle, WA 98101
206-553-4198
(Alaska, Idaho, Oregon,
Washington)
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EPA-s Grant Resources for Solid Waste
Activities in Indian Country (Document Number
EPA530-R-96-051) contains a list of nongovernmen-
tal organizations, companies, and foundations to
contact for potential funding. It also includes useful
information on how to write a grant proposal. The
guide is useful not only to Indian tribes, but also to
the general public. The guide can be ordered free
of charge from EPA's RCRA Hotline at 800-424-9346.
You may also want'to contact your state envi-
ronmental and resource conservation agency
for information about grants under their purview.
The U.S. General Services Administration offers a
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, which
is a compilation of governmentwide assistance pro-
grams. The catalog can be ordered from the U.S.
Government Printing Office at 202-512-1803.
General EPA Grant Regulations and Procedures
are contained in 40 CFR Part 30 and Part 31 avail-
able from the Government Printing Office. Interim
EPA Regulations for Research and Demonstration
Grants are in 40 CFR Part 40.
For more information on EPA grant/cooperative
agreement guidance, applications, and procedures,
contact the EPA Grants Administration Division
(3903R), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC
20460; phone: 202-564-5315; fax: 202-565-2469.
EPA's Internet home page (http://www.epa.gov/
epaoswer/non-hw/index.htm) also contains some
information on grants.
To order more copies of this brochure, contact
the RCRA Hotline at 800-424-9346.
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The 504 Certified
Development Company
Loan Program
(Unsolicited Loans)
Goal: To provide long-term, fixed asset financing
to small businesses.
Amounts: SBA will be the guarantor for loans up
to $750,000.
Eligibility: SBA has size criteria for what consti-
tutes a small business.
Deadlines: None.
Contact: Call the SBA Answer Desk at
800-8-ASK-SBA to find your nearest SBA office.
The 7(a) Loan Guarantee
Program
(Unsolicited Loans)
Goal: To provide long-term, fixed asset financing
to small businesses.
Amounts: SBA will be the guarantor for loans up
to $750,000.
Eligibility: SBA has size criteria for what consti-
tutes a small business.
Deadlines: None.
Contact: Call the SBA Answer Desk at
800-8-ASK-SBA to find your nearest SBA office.
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Some grant and loan funding also is available
specifically for businesses. The criteria for qualifying
as a small business can vary; contact the organiza-
tions listed below if you need more information.
National industrial
Competitiveness Through
Energy, Environment, and
Economics (NICE3)
(Annual Grants Solicitation)
Goal: To provide seed money to support new
processes and/or equipment with the potential to
increase energy efficiency, reduce pollution, and
improve process economics.
Amounts: Averages $315,000 with a maximum
of $400,000 with industry/state partnerships pro-
viding 55 percent matching funds.
Eligibility: Industry, with assistance from a state
energy or pollution prevention office, to test,
demonstrate, and assess the feasibility of new
processes and/or equipment with rapid deploy-
ment into the marketplace.
Deadlines: Annually, deadlines vary.
Contact: U.S. Department of Energy's Golden,
Colorado, Field Office, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden,
CO 80401; phone: 303-275-4728; fax: 303-275-4788;
home page: (http://www.oit.doe.gov/Access/nice3).
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Solid Waste Disposal Research
(Unsolicited Grants and Cooperative Agreements)
Goal: To support and promote the coordination
of research and development in the area of collec-
tion, storage, utilization, salvage, or final disposal
of solid waste.
Amounts: Approximately $5,000 to $250,000, with
matching funds of 5 percent of total project cost.
Eligibility: Public or private agencies in U.S.
states, territories, and possessions; public, private,
and state universities and colleges; local govern-
ments; and individuals. Profit-making organizations
are ineligible.
Deadlines: None.
Contact: Your EPA regional office's RCRA/waste
management section (see inside back cover).
Solid Waste Management
Assistance
(Unsolicited Cooperative Agreements)
Goal: To promote the use of integrated solid
waste management systems to solve municipal
solid waste generation and management problems
at the local, regional, and national levels through
promotiqnal activities.
Amounts: Approximately $500 to $185,000, with
a minimum of 5 percent matching funds if a con-
tinuing grant.
Eligibility: Federal, state, interstate, intrastate,
and local public authorities; public agencies and
institutions; nonprofit private organizations and
agencies; institutions and individuals; and tribes.
Deadlines: Vary from EPA region to region.
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Contact: Your EPA regional office's RCRA/waste p
management section (see inside back cover). ff
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|-;,| quality, acid deposition, drinking water, water quali-
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| ,:; Amounts: Range from $5,000 to $2 million.
t. •; Eligibility: The program is available to states,
|rW' territories, and possessions of the United States,
£ • :] and to the District of Columbia, for public and pri-
|: ;. vate state universities and colleges, hospitals, lab-
I ••{ oratories, state and local government departments,
I • other public or private nonprofit institutions, and
§• :.(. individuals who have demonstrated exceptional sci-
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Deadlines: None.
j| vj Contact: EPA, Director, National Center for
Environmental Research and Quality Assurance
(8701), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460;
phone: 202-564-6825; fax: 202-565-2444.
Jobs Through Recycling
(Annual Cooperative Agreement Solicitation)
Goal: To increase the use of recyclable or reusable
materials, contribute to economic development,
and help create or retain jobs.
Amounts: Up to $250,000 with at least 25 per-
cent matching funds.
Eligibility: States, tribes, and multistate organi-
zations.
Deadlines: Project outlines to EPA by specified
January date. Full proposals, if requested by EPA,
by specified lylarch date.
Contact: EPA, Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response (5306W), 401 M Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20460; phone: 703-308-7251; fax:
703-308-8686; or contact your EPA regional office's
RCRA/waste management section (see inside back
cover).
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Contact: For more information, and to get on the
mailing list for the annual solicitation, contact EPA, f/ff
Office of Environmental Education (1707), 401 M jr |
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460; phone: ||
202-260-4965; fax: 202-260-4095. |'|
Environmental Justice ^
Community/University ||
Partnership Grants ||
(Annual Grants Solicitation) f H
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Goal: To help community groups and tribal gov-
ernments effectively address local environmental
justice issues through active partnerships with any
institutions of higher education. (Note: not limited p ;
to solid waste.)
Amounts: Up to $250,000 with matching funds
of at least 5 percent. |
Eligibility: Environmental Justice |
Community/University formal partnerships (i.e., |
signed memorandum of agreement) between two |
single entities or a consortium thereof. Limited to f
institutions of higher education, low-income com- |_
munities, and tribes (including community- |
based/grass-roots organizations, churches, schools, |j
or other nonprofit community organizations, and |
tribal governments). The lead higher education j
institution in the partnership is the applicant. |
Deadlines: Applications should be postmarked f
by March 1 of the year of application. \
Contact: EPA, Office of Environmental Justice |
(2201-A), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC I
20460; phone: 800-962-6215; fax: 202-501-0740. |
Environmental Protection
Consolidated Research
(Unsolicited Grants and Cooperative Agreements)
Goal: To support research to determine the envi-
ronmental effects and, therefore, the control
requirements associated with hazardous waste, air
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Three different EPA-administered grants and
cooperative agreements are available:
• .Grants specific to solid waste activities. EPA's
Office of Solid Waste (OSW) and regional
offices administer these grants directly.
• Grants for one or more environmental pro-
grams (i.e., solid waste, water, and/or air). EPA
offices other than OSW administer these grants.
• Consolidation grants for state, local, and/or
tribal programs relating to a specific function
(such as permitting) across all media (i.e., solid
waste, water, and air permitting consolidated
grants). These grants are not addressed in this
brochure.
Contact your EPA regional office (see inside
back cover) or EPA's Grants Administration Division
(see page 8) for more information.
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Environmental Education
Grants Program
(Annual Grants Solicitation)
Goal: To support projects to design, demonstrate,
or disseminate practices, methods, or techniques
related to environmental education and training.
(Note: not limited to solid waste.)
Amounts: Approximately 25 percent of .grants
are $5,000 or less; some are over $25,000. There
is a 25 percent matching funds requirement.
Eligibility: Local or state education agencies,
colleges or universities, state environmental agen-
cies, tribal education agencies, and nonprofit
organizations.
Deadlines: Vary from year to year.
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This brochure describes a variety of funding
sources for solid waste research and management
programs available to state and local governments,
the general public, and small businesses. This fund-
ing is available from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal agencies.
Most of the funding available from EPA is in the
form ofgrants and cooperative agreements for
nonprofit entities and state and local governments.
EPA awards grants and cooperative agreements
based on a review of an applicant's proposal and a
determination of how well the project meets
Agency criteria. Under cooperative agreements,
EPA and the applicant negotiate the work to be
conducted and the requirements that must be
met. Some grant/cooperative agreement proposals
are made in response to solicitations (requests for
proposals) by EPA, while others are sent to EPA
independently without any call for proposals. In
many cases, the grantee is required to match a
portion of the federal money.
In addition, some business funding mechanisms
are available. EPA has an annual grant solicitation.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has
three loan programs.
This brochure briefly describes each grant,
cooperative agreement, and loan program for solid
waste activities. Each description includes phone
numbers and addresses to contact for more infor-
mation. Phone numbers for EPA regional offices,
referenced in some funding descriptions, are listed
on the inside back cover.
We do not include information about state pro-
gram grants, which are only available to states to
which the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) has been delegated. EPA works directly
with the states on these grants.
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