United States
Environmental Protection Agency
FISCAL YEAR 2022
Justification of Appropriation
Estimates for the Committee
on Appropriations
Tab 10: State and Tribal Assistance Grants
May 2021
EPA-190-R-21-002 www.epa.gov/cj
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Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification
Table of Contents - State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Program Projects in STAG 613
Categorical Grants 615
Categorical Grant: Beaches Protection 616
Categorical Grant: Brownfields 618
Categorical Grant: Environmental Information 620
Categorical Grant: Hazardous Waste Financial Assistance 623
Categorical Grant: Lead 626
Categorical Grant: Multipurpose Grants 629
Categorical Grant: Nonpoint Source (Sec. 319) 630
Categorical Grant: Pesticides Enforcement 633
Categorical Grant: Pesticides Program Implementation 635
Categorical Grant: Pollution Control (Sec. 106) 638
Categorical Grant: Pollution Prevention 642
Categorical Grant: Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) 645
Categorical Grant: Radon 648
Categorical Grant: State and Local Air Quality Management 650
Categorical Grant: Toxics Substances Compliance 654
Categorical Grant: Tribal Air Quality Management 656
Categorical Grant: Tribal General Assistance Program 659
Categorical Grant: Underground Injection Control (UIC) 661
Categorical Grant: Underground Storage Tanks 663
Categorical Grant: Wetlands Program Development 665
State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) 667
Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program 668
Brownfields Projects 671
Infrastructure Assistance: Alaska Native Villages 674
Infrastructure Assistance: Clean Water SRF 676
Infrastructure Assistance: Drinking Water SRF 680
Gold King Mine Water Monitoring 685
Infrastructure Assistance: Mexico Border 686
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Targeted Airshed Grants 689
Safe Water for Small & Disadvantaged Communities 691
Reducing Lead in Drinking Water 693
Lead Testing in Schools 695
Drinking Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability 697
Technical Assistance for Treatment Works 699
Sewer Overflow Control Grants 701
Water Infrastructure and Workforce Investment 703
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Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification
APPROPRIATION: State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Resource Summary Table
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2022 Pres
FY 2020
FY 2021
FY 2022
Budget v.
Actuals
Enacted
Pres Budget
FY 2021 Enacted
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Budget Authority
$4,446,153.1
$4,313,901.0
$5,130,007.0
$816,106.0
Total Workyears
10.2
7.0
7.0
0.0
Bill Language: State and Tribal Assistance Grants
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including capitalization grants for
State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $3,228,614,000, to remain available
until expended, of which
(1) $1,870,680,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which $1,357,934,000
shall be for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under
section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act:
Provided, That for fiscal year 2022, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project applications
and projects are consistent with State Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of the funds
made available under this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization
grants shall be used by the State for projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy
efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities:
Providedfurther, That the Administrator is authorized to use any remaining funds made available
under section 608(f) of title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1388), after
necessary funds are used to carry out the management and oversight of section 608, up to
$1,500,000for conducting the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey:
Providedfurther, That for fiscal year 2022, funds made available under this title to each State for
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion of each State,
be used for projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or
other environmentally innovative activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State
water pollution control revolving fund that may be used by a State to administer the fund shall not
apply to amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2022 and prior
years where such amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the extent that such amounts
are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accountedfor separately from other assets
in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including administration:
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Providedfurther, That for fiscal year 2022, notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1),
(h), and (I) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, grants made under title II
of such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the United
States Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may also be made for the purpose of providing
assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for
any proposed project for the construction of treatment works; and (2) for the construction, repair,
or replacement of privately owned treatment works serving one or more principal residences or
small commercial establishments:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2022, notwithstanding the provisions of such subsections
(g)(1), (h), and (I) of section 201 and section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
funds reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design activities,
or plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed project for the construction of treatment
works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately owned treatment works
serving one or more principal residences or small commercial establishments:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2022, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act and regulations issued pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the
funds re- served by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used
for grants for training, technical assistance, and educational programs relating to the operation
and management of the treatment works specified in section 518(c) of such Act:
Providedfurther, That for fiscal year 2022, funds reserved under section 518(c) of such Act shall
be available for grants only to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such Act and former
Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Native
Villages as defined in Public Law 92-203:
Providedfurther, That for fiscal year 2022, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section
518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds
appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on
amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds
appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolving Funds under such Acts
may be reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such
Acts:
Provided further, That for fiscal year 2022, notwithstanding the amounts specified in section
205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds
appropriated for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program under the Act less any sums
reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the Administrator for grants made
under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin Islands:
Providedfurther, That for fiscal year 2022, notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified
in section (1) 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated
for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs under the Safe Drinking Water Act may
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be reserved by the Administrator for grants made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water
Act:
Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds made available under this title to each State for
Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent of the funds made
available under this title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization
grants shall be used by the State to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of
forgiveness ofprincipal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and shall
be so used by the State only where such funds are provided as initial financing for an eligible
recipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients only where
such debt was incurred on or after the date of enactment of this Act, or where such debt was
incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with concurrence from the
Administrator, determines that such funds could be used to help address a threat to public health
from heightened exposure to lead in drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency declaration
has been issued due to a threat to public health from heightened exposure to lead in a municipal
drinking water supply before the date of enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That in a State in which such an emergency declaration has been issued, the
State may use more than 14 percent of the funds made available under this title to the State for
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants to provide additional subsidy to
eligible recipients:
Providedfurther, That notwithstanding section 1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C.
300j-12(o)), for fiscal years 2022-2026, the Administrator shall reserve $12,000,000 of amounts
made available for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds to
pay the costs of monitoring for unregulated contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of such Act;
(2) $30,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, design, construction and related
activities in connection with the construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities in
the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the appropriate border
commission: Provided, That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to address the water,
wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United States along the
United States-Mexico border shall be made available to a county or municipal government unless
that government has established an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which
prevents in that jurisdiction the development or construction of any additional colonia areas, or
the development within an existing colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other
structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure;
(3) $36,186,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the
State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may
be usedfor administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State of Alaska shall make awards
consistent with the Statewide priority list established in conjunction with the Agency and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, and similar projects carried out
by the State of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et
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seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects in regional
hub communities;
(4) $130,982,000 shall be to carry out section 104(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency
agreements, and associated program support costs;
(5) $150,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of2005;
(6) $59,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in accordance with the terms and conditions
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this
consolidated Act);
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of
the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114-322);
(8) $41,413,000 shall be for grants under subsections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19a);
(9) $36,500,000 shall be for grants under section 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300j-24(d));
(10) $81,515,000 shall be for grants under section 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300j-19b);
(11) $9,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300j-19a(l));
(12) $18,000,000 shall be for grants under section 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8));
(13) $60,000,000 shall be for grants under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(33 U.S.C. 1301);
(14) $3,000,000 shall be for grants under section 4304(b) of the America's Water Infrastructure
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-270); and
(15) $1,231,797,000 shall be for grants, including associated program support costs, to States,
federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies
for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement, and related
activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions setforth under this heading in Public Law
104-134, and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter
monitoring and data collection activities subject to terms and conditions specified by the
Administrator, and under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist States in
developing and implementing programs for control of coal combustion residuals, of which:
$46,195,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,523,000 shall be for
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Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, including associated program support
costs; $1,505,000 shall be for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal
Act, which shall be in addition to funds appropriated under the heading "Leaking Underground
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program " to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act
specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act; $18,282,000 of the funds available for grants under section 106 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State participation in national- and State-level statistical
surveys of water resources and enhancements to State monitoring programs; $10,200,000 shall
be for multipurpose grants, including interagency agreements, in accordance with the terms and
conditions described in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding
division A of this consolidated Act).
(16) $10,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, including
up to 2 percent of this amount for the Environmental Protection Agency's administrative costs;
Provided, That grants made pursuant to such authority may also be used for the construction,
maintenance, and operation of post- consumer materials management or recycling facilities;
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 302(a) of such Act, the Administrator may also
provide grants pursuant to such authority to intertribal consortia consistent with the requirements
in 40 C.F.R. 35.504(a), to former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary
of the Interior), and Alaskan Native Villages as defined in Public Law 92-203.
Program Projects in STAG
[Dollars in Thousands)
Program Pro ject
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
Infrastructure Assistance: Alaska Native
Villages
$29,186.0
$36,186.0
$36,186.0
$0.0
Brownfields Projects
$94,203.0
$90,982.0
$130,982.0
$40,000.0
Infrastructure Assistance: Clean Water SRF
$1,632,518.2
$1,638,826.0
$1,870,680.0
$231,854.0
Infrastructure Assistance: Drinking Water SRF
$1,320,783.1
$1,126,088.0
$1,357,934.0
$231,846.0
Infrastructure Assistance: Mexico Border
$26,854.8
$30,000.0
$30,000.0
$0.0
Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program
$99,130.1
$90,000.0
$150,000.0
$60,000.0
Targeted Airshed Grants
$61,066.4
$59,000.0
$59,000.0
$0.0
Gold King Mine Water Monitoring
$3,280.3
$4,000.0
$4,000.0
$0.0
Safe Water for Small & Disadvantaged
Communities
$14,182.4
$26,408.0
$41,413.0
$15,005.0
Reducing Lead in Drinking Water
$3,342.0
$21,511.0
$81,515.0
$60,004.0
Lead Testing in Schools
$52,196.5
$26,500.0
$36,500.0
$10,000.0
Drinking Water Infrastructure Resilience and
Sustainability
$0.0
$4,000.0
$9,000.0
$5,000.0
Technical Assistance for Treatment Works
$0.0
$18,000.0
$18,000.0
$0.0
Sewer Overflow Control Grants
$59.2
$40,000.0
$60,000.0
$20,000.0
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Program Pro ject
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
Water Infrastructure and Workforce Investment
$0.0
$3,000.0
$3,000.0
$0.0
Subtotal, State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
$3,336,802.0
$3,214,501.0
$3,888,210.0
$673,709.0
Categorical Grants
Categorical Grant: Nonpoint Source (Sec. 319)
$171,125.7
$177,000.0
$180,000.0
$3,000.0
Categorical Grant: Public Water System
Supervision (PWSS)
$109,075.2
$112,000.0
$122,000.0
$10,000.0
Categorical Grant: State and Local Air Quality
Management
$222,318.8
$229,500.0
$321,500.0
$92,000.0
Categorical Grant: Radon
$7,646.0
$7,795.0
$8,951.0
$1,156.0
Categorical Grant: Pollution Control (Sec. 106)
Monitoring Grants
$18,586.9
$17,267.0
$17,267.0
$0.0
Categorical Grant: Pollution Control
(Sec. 106) (other activities)
$215,906.4
$212,733.0
$217,333.0
$4,600.0
Subtotal, Categorical Grant: Pollution Control
(Sec. 106)
$234,493.3
$230,000.0
$234,600.0
$4,600.0
Categorical Grant: Wetlands Program
Development
$12,922.7
$14,192.0
$14,476.0
$284.0
Categorical Grant: Underground Injection
Control (UIC)
$10,379.5
$11,164.0
$11,387.0
$223.0
Categorical Grant: Pesticides Program
Implementation
$12,642.7
$12,294.0
$12,540.0
$246.0
Categorical Grant: Lead
$14,362.1
$14,275.0
$14,561.0
$286.0
Categorical Grant: Hazardous Waste Financial
Assistance
$107,033.6
$101,500.0
$111,500.0
$10,000.0
Categorical Grant: Pesticides Enforcement
$23,799.4
$24,000.0
$24,480.0
$480.0
Categorical Grant: Pollution Prevention
$4,294.8
$4,630.0
$4,723.0
$93.0
Categorical Grant: Toxics Substances
Compliance
$3,871.9
$4,760.0
$4,855.0
$95.0
Categorical Grant: Tribal General Assistance
Program
$67,289.5
$66,250.0
$77,575.0
$11,325.0
Categorical Grant: Underground Storage Tanks
$1,468.5
$1,475.0
$1,505.0
$30.0
Categorical Grant: Tribal Air Quality
Management
$13,990.9
$13,415.0
$21,415.0
$8,000.0
Categorical Grant: Environmental Information
$8,557.1
$9,336.0
$9,523.0
$187.0
Categorical Grant: Beaches Protection
$8,388.7
$9,619.0
$9,811.0
$192.0
Categorical Grant: Brownfields
$47,311.9
$46,195.0
$46,195.0
$0.0
Categorical Grant: Multipurpose Grants
$27,033.1
$10,000.0
$10,200.0
$200.0
Subtotal, Categorical Grants
$1,108,005.4
$1,099,400.0
$1,241,797.0
$142,397.0
Congressional Priorities
Congressionally Mandated Projects
$1,345.7
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
TOTAL STAG
$4,446,153.1
$4,313,901.0
$5,130,007.0
$816,106.0
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Categorical Grants
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Categorical Grant: Beaches Protection
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
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$8,388.7
$9,619.0
$9,811.0
$192.0
Program Project Description:
EPA's Beach Grant Program awards grants to eligible coastal and Great Lakes states, territories,
and tribes to improve water quality monitoring at beaches and to notify the public of beach
advisories and closings. The Beach Grant Program is a collaborative effort between EPA, states,
territories, local governments, and tribes to help ensure that coastal and Great Lakes recreational
waters are safe for swimming. Congress created the program with the passage of the Beaches
Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act (BEACH Act) in October 2000 with the goal
of reducing risk to the public of waterborne disease related to the use of recreational water.
EPA awards grants to eligible states, territories, and tribes using an allocation formula developed
in consultation with states and other organizations. The allocation takes into consideration beach
season length, beach miles, and beach use.1
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
Eligible states, territories, tribes, and localities will receive grant funding to:
Administer the grant program;
Implement monitoring and notification programs consistent with EPA guidance; and
Submit monitoring and advisory data to EPA for production of an annual report in a timely
manner.2
Performance Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$192.0) This program change increases resources to support EPA's state and tribal
partners through the Beaches Grants Program.
1 For more information , please see: www.epa.gov/beach-tech/beach-grants . See EPA's Beach Advisory and Closing On-line
Notification (BEACON) system rhttps://watersgeo.epa.gov/beacon2/Beacon.html'l for water quality and notification data that
grant recipients provide to EPA.
2 For more information, please see: https://www.epa.gov/beach-tech/annual-beach-swimming-season-reports.
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Statutory Authority:
Clean Water Act, BEACH Act of 2000.
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Categorical Grant: Brownfields
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
S/n/f and Tribal Assistance (irants
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$47,311.9
$46,195.0
$46,195.0
$0.0
Program Project Description:
EPA's Brownfields Program is a successful model of the Agency working cooperatively with
states, tribes, local governments, and other agencies to help communities oversee, plan, assess, and
cleanup brownfield properties. State and Tribal Response Programs address contaminated sites
that do not require federal action but need assessment and/or cleanup before they can be considered
ready for reuse. This program allocates funding to states and tribes to establish core capabilities,
enhance their response programs, and conduct site assessments and cleanups.
Approximately 143 million people (roughly 44 percent of the U.S. population) live within three
miles of a brownfields site that received EPA funding/ Since its inception, the Brownfields
Program has fostered a community-driven approach to the reuse of contaminated sites. As of April
2021, the State and Tribal Response Programs have leveraged more than 14,870 jobs and $2.7
billion in other funding. State and Tribal funding spent on site-specific brownfields work has
contributed to 2,752 sites assessed, 428 sites cleaned up and 1,399 sites made ready for anticipated
reuse (RAU). Sites receiving these funds are 1.5 times more likely to become RAU than sites
receiving brownfields competitive grant funding alone. In 2020, EPA provided funding to 171
states, tribes, territories, and the District of Columbia.4
This funding is a critical source for state and tribal partners to establish and grow their Brownfields
Programs. Over 100 tribes have received brownfields funding to build their programs, and
cumulatively these programs have cleaned up over 2,700 properties and made over 72,000 acres
ready for reuse. Addressing brownfields on tribal lands also has leveraged over 960 jobs and $146
million.5
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
In FY 2022, EPA will allocate funding support to approximately 170 state and tribal response
programs to oversee the cleanup at approximately 35,000 properties.
3 U.S. EPA, Office of Land and Emergency Management 2020. Data collected includes: (1) Superfund, Brownfield, and RCRA
CA site information as of the end of FY2019; (2) UST/LUST information as of late-2018 to mid-2019 depending on the state; and
(3) 2015-2018 American Community Survey (ACS) Census data.
4 Data from U.S. EPA Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES).
5 Data from U.S. EPA ACRES.
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States and tribes may use categorical grant funding provided under this program in the following
ways:
Conducting site-specific activities, such as assessments and cleanups at brownfields sites;6
Developing mechanisms and resources to provide meaningful opportunities for public
participation;
Developing mechanisms for approval of cleanup plans, and verification and certification
that cleanup efforts are complete;
Creating an inventory of brownfields sites;
Capitalizing a Revolving Loan Fund for brownfields-related work;
Developing a public record;
Developing oversight and enforcement authorities, or other mechanisms and resources;
Purchasing environmental insurance;
Developing state and tribal tracking and management systems for land use, institutional
and engineering controls; and
Conducting public education and outreach efforts to ensure that tribal communities are
informed and able to participate in environmental decision-making.
Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports performance results in the Brownfields Projects Program under
the STAG appropriation.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
There is no change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) § 128(a).
6 For more information, please see: https://www.epa.gOv/brownfields/types-brownfields-grant-funding#StateTribalResources.
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Categorical Grant: Environmental Information
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
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$8,557.1
$9,336.0
$9,523.0
$187.0
Program Project Description:
The funds provided under this categorical grant support the Environmental Information Exchange
Network (EN), which is a critical component of the Agency's Data Strategy and supports the
Executive Order 13985 on Advancing Racial Equality and Support for Underserved Communities
through the Federal Government. The EN is a standards-based, secure approach for EPA and its
state, tribal, and territorial partners to exchange and share environmental data over the internet.
The EN offers its partners tremendous potential for managing, accessing, and analyzing
environmental data more effectively and efficiently.
The Exchange Network Grant Program provides funding to states, territories, and tribes to support
their participation in the EN using technology, data standards, open-source software, shared
services, and reusable tools. EN partners acquire and develop the hardware and software needed
to collect, report, and access environmental data with greater efficiency and integrate information
across programs. The EN is the standard approach to share data across states, tribes, territories,
and EPA. The EN Grant Program also plays a critical role in evolving the EN technology to support
the vision of the Digital Strategy.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
In FY 2022, the Environmental Information programs and activities will continue to focus on
environmental justice (EJ) for state, local, and tribal partnerships in supporting the Executive Order
13985 on Advancing Racial Equality and Support for Underserved Communities through the
Federal Government.1 The EN Program plays a critical role in supporting the Administration's
comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who
have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and
inequality.
Tribal engagement and participation in EN efforts has significantly increased over the past few
years with tribes participating in governance groups. As a result, tribes have requested greater EN
program administration support, comparable to what states receive. Given the continuing growth
in tribal participation in the EN and the expansion of rural broadband through the American
7 For additional information, please see: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefmg-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/2Q/executive-
order-advancing-racial-eauitv-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government/.
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Broadband Initiative,8 EPA anticipates many more tribes will engage in data management and
electronic reporting and, consequently, expanded interest in tribal participation in the EN. In
response to this need, EPA will dedicate resources for program administration support to increase
tribal engagement in the EN. These resources will support strategic planning and developing
implementation approaches for tribes to participate in the EN, build data management and
technical capacity, and enable the EN Grant Program to measure the effectiveness of these
approaches to meet this goal. This will help to support the Executive Order 13985 and provide EJ
to revitalize underserved communities.
In FY 2022, EPA will continue to support the EN through a cooperative agreement with the
Environmental Council of the States under the associated program support cost authority (Public
Law 113-769). This includes direct support to governance, which represents a cross-section of
EPA, state, and tribal organizations.
Under this strategy of state, local, and tribal partnerships, the Agency will continue to advance its
business processes, data management, and systems to reduce reporting burden on states and
regulated facilities, as well as improve the effectiveness and efficiency of environmental protection
programs for all partners. Currently, a total of 166 state, tribal, and territorial partners administer
qualified EN grants projects. In FY 2022, EPA anticipates awarding 15 EN grants that will support
the Executive Order 13985 and assist states, tribes, and territories to implement activities that align
with the following five priorities outlined in the EN Solicitation Notice:
Expand Data Access and Availability: These activities support the partners' ability to share
cross-state, cross-tribal or state-tribal data. The emphasis is on activities which create
services and tools that make data available and sharable on-demand through portals, web
services, and application programming interfaces.
Eliminate Industry Paper Reporting and Expand e-Reporting Among Co-Regulators: Grant
projects will support developing and implementing EN air, water, and land data flows that
enable automated reporting to EPA systems.
Integrate Foundational EN Services into Environmental Business Processes: These include
Virtual Exchange Services, Shared e-Reporting Services, Federated Identity Management
Services, and other data services. These central services hosted by EPA reduce burden and
avoid cost by minimizing duplicative application development by states and tribes as they
develop their business solutions.
Improve Environmental Management Through Advanced Data Monitoring and
Transmittal Processes: EN partners are encouraged to implement innovative approaches to
collecting, publishing, and sharing data that reduce costs associated with capturing data in
the field while making it more accessible to stakeholders.
8 For additional information, please see: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2019/american-broadband-initiative-expand-connectivitv-
all-americans.
9 For additional information, please see: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsvs/pkg/PLAW-l 13publ76/pdf/PLAW-l 13publ76.pdf.
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Augment the Information Management Capacity of EN Partners: Some existing and
potential tribal and territorial EN partners have limited experience with electronic data
collection and management. Tribal and territorial governments can use grants to conduct
coordinated efforts and leverage the EN services given their unique regulatory
responsibilities and data needs.
The "National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program Solicitation Notice"
sets forth the process for awarding grant funding to states, tribes, and territories.10 It is an annual
guidance document that describes eligibility requirements, the process for application preparation
and submission, evaluation criteria, award administration information, and post-award monitoring
procedures.
Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$187.0) This program change increases support for EPA's state and tribal partners
through the Environmental Information Grant Program. The increase will help expand rural
broadband and assist states, tribes, and territories to implement activities that align with
the five priorities outlined in the EN Solicitation Notice.
Statutory Authority:
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, 84 Stat. 2086, as amended by Pub. L. 98-80, 97 Stat. 485
(codified at Title 5, App.) (EPA's organic statute); Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L.
116-260.
10 For additional information, please see: https://www.epa.gov/exchangenetwork/exchange-network-grant-program.
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Categorical Grant: Hazardous Waste Financial Assistance
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
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S111.500.0
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$107,033.6
$101,500.0
$111,500.0
$10,000.0
Program Project Description:
The Hazardous Waste Financial Assistance Grants help states implement the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Through RCRA, EPA and states protect human health
and the environment by minimizing waste generation, preventing the release of millions of tons of
hazardous wastes, and cleaning up land and water. Authorized states conduct the direct
implementation of permitting, corrective action, and enforcement components of the RCRA
Hazardous Waste Management Program.
This grant funding supports all 50 states and six territories. Currently, 48 states and two territories
are authorized to implement the RCRA Program. EPA directly implements the RCRA Program in
the states of Iowa and Alaska, and in Indian Country. We also provide project specific small grants
to tribes selected through a competitive process. To ensure statutory requirements are successful,
EPA partners with state and local governments, as well as American businesses and non-
governmental organizations, to significantly improve waste and material management practices.
In FY 2022, EPA will continue a multi-year transition to an updated allocation formula to distribute
Hazardous Waste Financial Assistance Grants to the states. The Agency believes that using the
most recent data will better align cooperative agreement funding to states needs and maximize the
environmental benefits and program performance of this funding. EPA worked in close
consultation with the states during the development of the updated allocation formula and began
implementation in FY 2021.
Federal investment is needed in the U.S. recycling system. The U.S. solid waste management
infrastructure is struggling to maintain pace with rapidly evolving waste streams, leading to
inefficient use of domestic resources. Recycling is an important part of a circular economy, which
refers to a system of activities that enables resources to maintain their highest values and designs
out waste. A circular economy approach provides direct, measurable reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions as resource extraction and processing make up approximately 50 percent of the total
global greenhouse gas emissions.11 Improving and enhancing recycling infrastructure will reduce
impacts from materials extraction and production on climate, address disproportionate impacts of
mismanagement of wastes on overburdened communities, create jobs, and provide feedstock for
the manufacturing sector to produce essential products.
11 U.N. Environment International Resource Panel, Global Resources Outlook, 2019, p. 8.
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FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
In FY 2022, EPA requests an additional $10 million to pilot a new grant program focused on
improving solid waste management infrastructure and post-consumer materials management. This
investment will use the new authority provided in the Save our Seas 2.0 Act,12 which was passed
by Congress in December 2020. The Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) financing
program will help reduce waste, reduce greenhouse emissions, and create jobs. The Agency has
proposed bill language in the STAG appropriation as a line item categorical grant for this pilot.
The language is inclusive (e.g., states, tribes, Alaska Native Villages, former Indian reservations
in Oklahoma and intertribal consortia).
In FY 2022, the Agency (and authorized states) will continue to:
Issue and renew permits to a portion of the 6,600 hazardous waste treatment, storage and
disposal facilities. This includes working with industry, the public, and states to address
issues related to management of hazardous waste through development and application of
standards, permits, guidance, and training. In FY 2020, EPA and its state partners achieved
104 permit renewals issued at hazardous waste facilities.
Process permit modifications to keep pace with evolving business practices, technology,
market conditions, and cleanup decisions.
Update controls to encourage facilities to modernize technological systems, expand waste
management capability, improve hazardous waste management practices, and make timely
cleanup decisions.
Inspect facilities to ensure compliance and safety.
Oversee cleanups at hazardous waste management facilities and focus on completing
cleanup of the 3,924 priority contaminated facilities (the Corrective Action Progress
Track), which include highly contaminated and technically challenging sites.
Oversee cleanups at high priority contaminated hazardous waste management facilities and
return cleaned up property to productive use. This includes working with state partners to
ensure that responsible parties conduct effective and efficient cleanups that are protective
of human health and the environment and reduce the burden on taxpayers.
Draft implementation documents such as permits and orders, review site assessment plans
and results, review remedy selection documents, oversee remedy implementation, oversee
public participation, and track progress of cleanups.
EPA will work with tribes to develop tribal hazardous waste management plans; implement
hazardous and universal waste tribal programs; and develop and implement program
12 For more information, please visit: https://www.congress.gOv/l 16/plaws/publ224/PLAW-l 16publ224.pdf.
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enforcement policies and procedures for tribes through the Tribal Hazardous Waste Grant
Program.
Continue to improve cleanup approaches, share best practices and cleanup innovations13
and address issues of emerging science.
Monitor progress in issuing permits more quickly without sacrificing permit integrity. This
includes progress towards meeting the Agency's goal of reaching all permitting-related
decisions in a timely manner. EPA used efficiency tools to focus on reducing the permit
backlog, and as a result, some states and regions adopted new practices, such as pre-
application meetings and earlier application deadlines, that led to permitting program
efficiencies.
Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports performance results in the RCRA Corrective Action Program
under the EPM appropriation.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$10,000.0) This program increase supports a pilot Solid Waste Infrastructure for
Recycling grant program.
Statutory Authority:
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act § 3011;
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260. Save our Seas 2.0, 2020, Pub. L. 116-
224.
13 For more information, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/hw/toolbox-corrective-action-resource-conservation-and-recoverv-act-
facilities-investigation-remedy.
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Categorical Grant: Lead
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
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$14,362.1
$14,275.0
$14,561.0
$286.0
Program Project Description:
Lead is highly toxic, especially to young children. Exposure to lead is associated with decreased
intelligence, impaired neurobehavioral development, decreased stature and growth, and impaired
hearing acuity. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, no safe blood lead
level in children has been identified, and effects of lead exposure cannot be corrected.14'15
Reducing exposure to lead-based paint (LBP) in old housing continues to offer the potential to
significantly decrease blood lead levels in the largest number of children. Housing units
constructed before 1950 are most likely to contain LBP. The most recent national survey estimated
that 37.1 million homes in the U.S. have LBP, and 23.2 million homes have significant LBP
hazards.16 Children living at or below the poverty line who live in older housing are at greatest
risk. Additionally, children of some racial and ethnic groups and those living in older housing are
disproportionately affected by LBP.17 Accordingly, the Lead Categorical Grants Program and
related Lead Risk Reduction Program represent strategic opportunities to advance EPA's
environmental justice (EJ) goals.
Because of these historic and persistent disproportional vulnerabilities of certain racial, and low-
income communities to LBP, this program has the potential to create significant EJ gains. EPA's
Lead Program contributes to the goal of reducing lead exposure and works toward addressing
historic and persistent disproportional vulnerabilities of certain racial, and low-income
communities.18 This program will thereby play an important role in achieving the Biden-Harris
Administration's goals to enhance environmental justice and equity as set forth in Executive Order
14 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Blood Lead Levels in Children, found at:
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/prevention/blood-lead-levels.htm.
15 Among children ages 1 to 5 years in families with incomes below poverty level, the 95th percentile blood lead was 3.0 ng/dL,
and among those in families at or above the poverty level, it was 2.1 |ig/dL, a difference that was statistically significant. The
95th percentile blood lead level among all children ages 1 to 5 years was 2.5 |ig/dL. The 95th percentile blood lead level in Black
non-Hispanic children ages 1 to 5 years was 3.0 |ig/dL, compared with 2.4 (ig/dL for White non-Hispanic children, 1.8 (ig/dL for
Mexican-American children, and 2.7 (ig/dL for children of "All Other Races/Ethnicities."15 The differences in 95th percentile
blood lead levels between race/ethnicity groups were all statistically significant, after accounting for differences by age, sex, and
income. See. America's Children and the Environment (EPA, 2019), found at: https://www.epa.gov/americaschildrenenvironment
16 HUD. (2011 ).American Healthy Homes Survey, Lead and Arsenic Findings.
https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/AHHS REPORT.PDF.
17 See, America's Children and the Environment (EPA, 2019), found at: https://www.epa.gov/americaschildrenenvironment.
18 Childhood blood lead levels (BLL) have declined substantially since the 1970s, due largely to the phasing out of lead in
gasoline and to the reduction in the number of homes with lead-based paint hazards. The median concentration of lead in the
blood of children aged 1 to 5 years dropped from 15 micrograms per deciliter in 1976-1980 to 0.7 micrograms per deciliter in
2013-2014, a decrease of 95%. See. America's Children and the Environment (EPA, 2019), found at:
https://www.epa.gov/americaschildrenenvironment.
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13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal
Government, and Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, by:
Establishing standards governing lead hazard identification and abatement practices;
Establishing and maintaining a national pool of certified firms and individuals who are trained
to carry out lead hazard identification and abatement practices and/or renovation, repair, and
painting projects while adhering to the lead-safe work practice standards and minimizing lead
dust hazards created in such projects; and,
Providing information and outreach to housing occupants and the public so they can make
informed decisions and take actions about lead hazards in their homes.
The Lead Categorical Grant Program contributes to the Lead Risk Reduction Program's goals by
providing support to authorized state and tribal programs that administer training and certification
programs for lead professionals and renovation contractors.19 Ensuring that those who undertake
LBP Activities are properly trained and certified is a critical aspect of federal efforts to reduce lead
exposure and work towards addressing the historic and persistent disproportional vulnerabilities
of certain racial, and low-income communities in support of the Biden-Harris Administration's
goals under Executive Orders 13985 and 14008.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
In FY 2022, the Lead Categorical Grants Program will continue to provide assistance to states,
territories, the District of Columbia, and tribes to develop and implement authorized lead-based
paint abatement programs and authorized Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) programs. EPA
directly implements these programs in all areas of the country that are not authorized to do so and
will continue to operate the Federal Lead-based Paint Program Database (FLPP) of trained and
certified lead-based paint professionals. Activities conducted as part of this Program include
accrediting training programs, certifying individuals and firms, and providing education and
compliance assistance to those subject to the abatement and RRP regulations and the Public in
support of the Biden-Harris Administration's goals to enhance environmental justice and advance
racial equity.
As of March 2021, 39 states and territories, four tribes, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
have been authorized to run the lead-based paint abatement program. In addition, 14 states and one
tribe are authorized to administer the RRP program. As of the same date, there were 317 accredited
RRP providers and more than 57,000 certified renovation firms. In FY 2022, the Lead Categorical
Grant Program will continue to provide assistance to existing authorized state and tribal lead
programs. EPA also will provide targeted assistance to states and tribes interested in becoming
authorized to run the RRP program.
Performance Targets:
EPA is currently evaluating its suite of measures and indicators related to Environmental Justice,
including available data and programs where improved data sets are needed to develop useful
19 Please see http: //www.epa. gov/lead for more information.
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performance measures for Environmental Justice Programs. Measures are under development in
this program to address environmental justice.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$286.0) This program change is an increase to support providing grant assistance to
states, territories, the District of Columbia, and tribes to develop and implement authorized
lead-based paint abatement programs and authorized RRP programs.
Statutory Authority:
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), §§ 401-412.
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Categorical Grant: Multipurpose Grants
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
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$27,033.1
$10,000.0
$10,200.0
$200.0
Program Project Description:
EPA and its partners have made enormous progress in protecting air, water, and land resources.
The Multipurpose Grants Program supports states, tribes, and territories in the implementation of
environmental programs delegated by EPA. Recognizing that environmental challenges differ
across states, tribes, and territories, including climate change factors and environmental justice
considerations, the Program provides EPA's partners with flexibility to target funds to their highest
priority efforts to protect human health and the environment.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
In FY 2022, these funds will support the implementation of environmental programs delegated by
EPA under pertinent environmental laws. States, tribes, and territories have the flexibility to apply
the funds toward activities required in a broad array of environmental statutes, depending on local
needs and priorities. Results are tracked as required by the Environmental Results Order and
support critical work across multiple environmental programs.
Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$200.0) This program change is an increase in resources for EPA's state and tribal
partners to continue to advance key environmental priorities in their communities.
Statutory Authority:
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260; Indian Environmental General
Assistance Program Act (GAP); Pollution Prevention Act (PPA); Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); Clean Air Act (CAA); Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA);
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Clean Water Act (CWA); Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA); Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA); Marine Protection Research and
Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA); and Indoor Radon Abatement Act.
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Categorical Grant: Nonpoint Source (Sec. 319)
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
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SI .1)00.0
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Total Budget Authority
$171,125.7
$177,000.0
$180,000.0
$3,000.0
Program Project Description:
Section 319 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) broadly authorizes states, territories, and tribes to use
a range of tools to implement their Nonpoint Source Programs, including: regulatory and non-
regulatory programs, technical assistance, financial assistance, education, training, technology
transfers, and demonstration projects.20 Grants under Section 319 are provided to states, territories,
and tribes to help them implement their EPA-approved Nonpoint Source Management Programs
by remediating past nonpoint source pollution and preventing or minimizing new nonpoint source
pollution. Implementation of watershed-based plans helps states achieve load reductions contained
in Total Maximum Daily Loads to achieve water quality standards. Since 2006, these
implementation projects have allowed states to remediate over 950 nonpoint source water quality
impairments so that waterbodies now meet water quality standards or have documented progress
towards standards. EPA oversees implementation of these program enhancements and to provide
technical assistance to support state and tribal nonpoint source programs. To further accelerate the
reduction of nonpoint source pollution, EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
continue to enhance coordination to achieve improvements in water quality via the National Water
Quality Initiative, targeting resources and helping landowners implement practices to control
nutrient, pathogen, and sediment pollution in over 300 small watersheds nationwide.
Nonpoint source pollution, caused by runoff that carries excess nutrients, toxics, and other
contaminants to waterbodies is the greatest remaining threat to surface and groundwater quality
impairments in the United States. As of 2021, the current number of impaired waters is 132,555.
Nonpoint sources are the primary cause of impairment in over 80 percent of these impaired waters
and nonpoint sources figure significantly in all but ten percent of the other waterbody impairments.
There are approximately 1,800 active Section 319 projects across the ten EPA regions, and more
than $250 million in Section 319(h) funds are currently being used for on-the-ground work in
watersheds. Additionally, more than $240 million in Section 319(h) funds are used for program
work, including funding approximately 500 state and tribal FTEs per year.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
The pervasiveness and widely distributed nature of nonpoint source pollution requires cooperation
and involvement from a wide range of stakeholders to address it, including EPA, other federal
agencies, states, tribes, local governments, nonprofit organizations, conservation districts, and
20 For more information see: https://beta.sam.gov/fal/b59c5cd479ca4eeaa013302d217adl83/view.
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private landowners. EPA will work closely with and support the many efforts of states, interstate
agencies, tribes, local governments and communities, watershed groups, USD A, Department of
Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other federal
agencies, and others to develop and implement programs and local watershed projects to restore
surface water and groundwater nationwide. EPA provides grant funds to states and over 200 tribes
under the CWA Section 319 to implement programs to control nonpoint pollution, including
reduction of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment loadings. In 2019 there were 22.4 million pounds
of nitrogen, 790 thousand tons of phosphorus, and 1.8 million tons of sediment reduced from
nonpoint sources.
In FY 2022, the program will continue to work with states and tribes to strengthen and enhance
their nonpoint source programs with a continued focus on watershed project implementation and
maintaining current Nonpoint Source Management Programs to focus priorities funded through
Section 319. EPA will continue to strongly focus on the development and implementation of
watershed-based plans to restore impaired waterbodies to meet water quality standards, as well as
to protect unimpaired waters. It has been demonstrated repeatedly that achieving water quality
results requires targeting, in the right places with the right practices, the primary sources of
nonpoint source pollution in a watershed. Watershed-based plans enable this by providing an
analysis of sources and relative significance of pollutants of concern; identification of cost-
effective techniques to address those sources; availability of needed resources, authorities, and
community involvement to affect change; along with monitoring to enable states, tribes, and local
communities to track progress and make changes over time to meet their water quality goals.
EPA will continue to forge and strengthen strategic partnerships with other federal agency
programs, in particular the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), which
implements Farm Bill conservation programs that can help control nonpoint source pollution.
Agricultural sources of pollution in the form of animal waste, fertilizer, and sediments have a
particularly profound effect on water quality. In FY 2022, EPA will continue the National Water
Quality Initiative partnership with USDA to focus federal resources on agricultural sources of
pollution in select watersheds in every state.
To address urban and suburban sources of nonpoint source pollution, EPA will continue to work
closely with a broad set of partners to promote the implementation of low-impact development
practices (also called green infrastructure). Low-impact development practices, such as rain
gardens and permeable pavement, reduce harm to water quality by reducing peak flows during
storms, filtering pollutants, and recharging groundwater. Low-impact development practices also
may produce co-benefits by mitigating the impacts of natural hazards including flood and drought.
Working with states, cities, developers, watershed associations, and federal agencies such as
FEMA with an interest in flood protection and floodplain management, EPA will continue to
spread knowledge and adoption of low-impact development practices. From 2017-2019, EPA
funded a series of pilot projects across nine EPA regions that explored how water quality programs
may collaborate with FEMA partners to integrate low-impact development in state and local
FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plans. EPA also has developed a set of training materials that provide
technical, programmatic, and funding guidance for water quality programs interested in engaging
in the Hazard Mitigation planning process. In FY 2022, EPA intends to finalize these training
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materials and synthesize lessons learned from the pilot projects to include in a training curriculum
that can be shared broadly.
The Section 319 program also recognizes the importance of environmental justice (EJ) and is
exploring the role that the program may play in promoting equity and inclusion. In FY 2022, EPA
will assess how to integrate climate and environmental justice priorities, particularly with regards
to the program's resilience/hazard mitigation priorities. The program also will amplify current EJ
efforts occurring in regional and state programs.
Performance Measure Targets:
(PM SWP-01) Square miles of watersheds with surface waters not meeting
standards (cumulative).
FY 2021
Target
FY 2022
Target
539,536
531,536
(PM SWP-02) Square miles of watersheds with surface waters not meeting
standards because of nutrients.
FY 2021
Target
FY 2022
Target
183,596
180,596
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$3,000.0) This program change increases funding for state nonpoint source programs,
including implementation of nonpoint source projects and statewide nonpoint source
protection activities.
Statutory Authority:
Clean Water Act, § 319.
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Categorical Grant: Pesticides Enforcement
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
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$23,799.4
$24,000.0
$24,480.0
$480.0
Program Project Description:
The Pesticides Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Cooperative Agreement Program
supports pesticide product and user compliance with provisions of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) through cooperative agreements21 with states andtribes.
The cooperative agreements: support state and tribal compliance and enforcement activities under
FIFRA; provide resources to rebuild programmatic capabilities between EPA and partner agencies;
provide vital training programs to EPA, state, territory, and tribal partners; and help deliver
environmental justice for overburdened and marginalized communities. Enforcement and
pesticides program cooperative agreement guidance is issued to focus regional, state, and tribal
efforts on the highest priorities. EPA's support to state and tribal pesticide programs22 emphasizes
reducing chemical risks by ensuring compliance with worker protection standards, pesticide
applicator certification and training requirements, pesticide use requirements designed to protect
water quality, pesticide product integrity, and border compliance.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
Work in this program directly supports the Administration's priorities, including pesticide
compliance and enforcement activities. In addition to maintaining a basic level of pesticide
program implementation, compliance assistance, and enforcement to ensure a viable pesticide
regulatory and enforcement program, there are four possible focus areas including: 1) prevent or
reduce incidents resulting from fumigation exposures; 2) reduce spray drift incidents by increasing
awareness and adoption of spray drift reduction techniques and technologies; 3) support tribal
pesticide program capacity building and efficient use of state resources; and 4) minimize pesticide
risk while protecting human health from emerging public health issues. In FY 2022, EPA will
prioritize and award state and tribal pesticides cooperative agreements for implementing the
compliance monitoring and enforcement provisions of FIFRA.
21 For additional information, please refer to: http://www2.epa.gov/compliance/federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act-
state-and-tribal-assistance-grant.
22 For additional information, please refer to: http://www2.epa.go v/pesticide-advisorv-committees-and-regulatorv-partners/tribal-
pesticide-programs.
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Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$480.0) This program change is an increase to support state and tribal partners'
compliance and enforcement activities and training opportunities through the Pesticides
Enforcement Grants Program. These resources can help deliver environmental justice for
overburdened and marginalized communities.
Statutory Authority:
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) § 23(a)(1); Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260.
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Categorical Grant: Pesticides Program Implementation
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
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Total Budget Authority
$12,642.7
$12,294.0
$12,540.0
$246.0
Program Project Description:
The purpose of EPA's pesticide program implementation grants is to translate pesticide regulatory
decisions made at the national level into results at the local level. Under the pesticide statutes,
responsibility for ensuring proper pesticide use is in large part delegated to states and tribes. Grant
resources allow states and tribes to be more effective regulatory partners.
EPA's mission, as related to pesticides, is to protect human health and the environment from
pesticide risk and to realize the value of pesticide availability by considering the economic, social,
and environmental costs and benefits of the use of pesticides.23 The Agency provides grants to
states, tribes, and other partners, including universities, non-profit organizations, other federal
agencies, pesticide users, environmental groups, and other entities to assist in strengthening and
implementing EPA pesticide programs. This program focuses on issues such as worker safety
activities, including worker protection and certification and training of pesticide applicators,
protection of endangered species,24 protection of water resources from pesticides, protection of
pollinators, and promotion of environmental stewardship and Integrated Pest Management-
(TPM-) related activities.
EPA supports implementation of tribal pesticide programs through cooperative agreements
contributing to tribal capacity to protect human health by reducing risks from pesticides in Indian
Country. The Program is implemented in a manner that recognizes that certain aspects of Native
Americans' lifestyles, such as subsistence fishing or consumption of plants that were not grown as
food and possibly exposed to pesticides, may increase exposure to some chemicals or create unique
chemical exposure scenarios.25
The Agency also funds a multiyear grant in support of the State Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Issues Research and Evaluation Group. The grant ensures the close
coordination of states and EPA on pesticide issues.
23 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended. Section 3(a), Requirement of Registration (7 U.S.C. 136a).
Available online at: https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summarv-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act.
24 The Endangered Species Act of 1973 sections 7(a)l and 7(a)2; Federal Agency Actions and Consultations, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1536(a)). Available at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Act of 1973 internet site:
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/laws-policies/section-7.html.
25 For additional information, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/pesticide-advisorv-committees-and-regulatorv-partners/tribal-
pesticide-programs.
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FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
In FY 2022, EPA will continue to carry out the following programs:
Worker Protection Standard and Certification and Training Program
Through the Certification and Training Program and the Worker Protection Standard, EPA protects
workers, pesticide applicators and handlers, employers, and the public from the potential risks
posed by pesticides in their work environments. EPA will continue to provide assistance and grants
to implement the Certification and Training Program and Worker Protection Standard, and to
address changes to the federal regulations for these programs. In FY 2020, states, territories, and
tribes (certifying authorities) submitted their revised certification plans to EPA for review to
address the 2017 revisions to the Certification of Pesticide Applicators rule. In FY 2022, EPA will
continue to work with these certifying authorities to refine and modify their revised plans as
needed. EPA must approve plans by March 4, 2022. Approved certification plans will include a
timeframe to fully implement the revised plans. Some certifying authorities began regulatory and
program changes in FY 2021 to initiate implementation of revised certification plans. For worker
protection, the states, territories, and tribes will continue to train their program and inspection staff
on the 2015 final revisions to the Worker Protection Standard, conduct outreach and compliance
assistance, and enforce the rule.26
Endangered Species Protection Program
The Endangered Species Protection Program protects federally listed, threatened, or endangered
animals and plants whose populations are threatened by risks associated with pesticide use.27 The
Endangered Species Act mandates that federal actions will not jeopardize the continued existence
of species listed as endangered and threatened, or destroy or adversely modify habitat designated
as critical to those species' survival. EPA also will provide grants to states and tribes, as described
above, for projects supporting endangered species protection. Program implementation includes
outreach, communication, education related to use limitations, review and distribution of
endangered species protection bulletins, and mapping and development of endangered species
protection plans. In FY 2022, these activities will continue to support the Agency's mission to
protect the environment from pesticide risk.
Protection of Water Sources from Pesticide Exposure
Protecting the Nation's water sources from possible pesticide contamination is an important
component of EPA's environmental protection efforts. In FY 2022, EPA will continue to provide
funding, through cooperative agreements, to states, tribes, and other partners to investigate and
respond, as needed, to address water resources contaminated by pesticides. Stakeholders and
partners, including states and tribes, are expected to evaluate local pesticide uses that have the
potential to contaminate water resources and take steps to prevent or reduce contamination where
pesticide concentrations approach or exceed levels of concern.
26 For additional information, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safetv/how-epa-protects-workers-pesticide-risk.
27 For additional information, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/about-endangered-species-protection-
program.
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Integrated Pest Management
EPA will continue to support risk reduction by providing assistance to promote the use of safer
alternatives to traditional chemical pest control methods including Integrated Pest Management
techniques.28 EPA supports the development and evaluation of new pest management technologies
that contribute to reducing both health and environmental risks from pesticide use.
The Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) is an EPA partnership program that
works with the Nation's pesticide-user community to promote IPM practices. PESP is guided by
the principle that partnership programs complement the standards and decisions established by
regulatory and registration actions. Resources will be focused on funding projects across the
country that promote IPM and reduce the impacts of pesticide use in agricultural settings. Selected
projects could address pesticide use in rural areas or on tribal lands, promoting IPM practices that
reduce risk and benefit these communities. Additional funding could expand the IPM in-schools
efforts to collaborate with Title 1, tribal, and Head Start schools and daycares in vulnerable
communities as well as expand collaboration with federal partners to address bed bug issues in
multi-family housing in vulnerable communities.
Pollinator Health
EPA will continue to work with state and tribal agencies to promote the development and
implementation of locally based plans to help improve pollinator health. State pollinator protection
plans in several states have been an effective communication and collaboration mechanism
between stakeholders at the local level that can lead to reduced pesticide exposure and protection
of honeybees, while maintaining the flexibility needed by growers. EPA believes that these plans,
developed through a robust stakeholder engagement process at the local level, serve as good
models for enhanced local communication and can help accomplish the Agency's goal of
mitigating exposure of bees to acutely toxic pesticides.
Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$246.0) This program change will support two additional tribal FIFRA cooperative
agreements and provide additional resources for states and territories to carry out pesticide
program implementation work to protect farm workers.
Statutory Authority:
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) § 23(a)(1); Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996; Endangered Species Act
(ESA).
28 For additional information, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/pesp/.
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Categorical Grant: Pollution Control (Sec. 106)
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
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S230.000.0
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S-1.000.0
Total Budget Authority
$234,493.3
$230,000.0
$234,600.0
$4,600.0
Program Project Description:
Section 106 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) authorizes EPA to provide federal assistance to states,
territories, the District of Columbia, tribes, and interstate agencies to establish and maintain
adequate programs for the prevention and control of surface and groundwater pollution from point
and nonpoint sources.29 Prevention and control activities supported through these grants include:
providing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits; conducting
ambient water quality monitoring; assessing and listing impaired waters; and developing water
quality standards and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), surveillance, and enforcement.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
The CWA Section 106 Grant Program supports prevention and control measures that improve
water quality.
Monitoring and Assessment
EPA is working with states and tribes to provide monitoring and assessment information to support
multiple CWA programs in a cost-efficient and effective manner. The intent is to have
scientifically defensible monitoring data that are needed to address priority problems at state,
tribal, national, and local levels and to track water quality changes over time.
In FY 2022, EPA will continue working with states and tribes to support their water quality
monitoring programs. Monitoring Initiative funds for states and tribes will support the National
Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) and the enhancement of state and tribal monitoring
programs.30 The Monitoring Initiative will be funded at $17.3 million for participation in the
NARS and for monitoring program priority enhancements. EPA is implementing
recommendations from a Lean Management exercise to improve the timeliness of monitoring data
processed for NARS partnerships.
Through the Monitoring and Assessment Partnership, EPA will continue working with states and
tribes to develop and apply innovative and efficient monitoring tools and techniques to optimize
availability of high-quality data to support priority CWA program needs. EPA also will continue
29 The District of Columbia is eligible for 106 funds. A tribe must be eligible under Section 518(e) in the CWA.
30 For more information, please see: https://www.epa.gov/water-pollution-control-section-106-grants/monitoring-initiative-
grants-under-section-106-clean.
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working with states to support their water quality assessment programs, including helping to assure
timely submission of state Integrated Reports and 303(d) lists. EPA will continue to work with
states to support electronic reporting, including annual reporting of water quality data through the
Water Quality Exchange and submission of Integrated Reports through the Assessment Total
Maximum Daily Load Tracking and Implementation System (ATTAINS).
Reviewing and Updating Water Quality Standards
EPA will work with states and authorized tribes as they review and update their water quality
standards periodically as required by CWA and EPA regulations in 40 CFR Part 131. EPA will
work with tribes that want to establish water quality standards. For its part, EPA will review and
work to formally act upon all state and tribal submissions of new and revised water quality
standards in accordance with the Agency's statutory obligations and timeline. The Agency also
will continue to track progress by states and authorized tribes as they complete triennial reviews
of applicable standards on time as required by CWA.
Developing TMDLs
EPA will work with states, territories, and authorized tribes to develop and implement TMDLs for
CWA Section 303(d) listed impaired waterbodies as a tool for meeting water quality restoration
goals. TMDLs focus on achieving clearly defined environmental standards and establishing a
pollutant budget, which is then implemented via permit requirements and through local, state, and
federal watershed plans and programs to restore waters. EPA will continue to work with states to
facilitate accurate, comprehensive, and geo-referenced water quality assessment decisions made
available to the public via ATTAINS. In addition, EPA will continue to track state progress in
completing TMDLs, alternative restoration approaches or projection plans with a goal of 100
percent of priority plans in place at state identified priority waters under the State-EPA 303(d)
Program Vision by 2022. As of March 2021, 70 percent of state priority waters, were addressed
by a priority TMDL, other restoration plan, or protection approach. EPA also is working to ensure
timely action by the Agency on TMDLs submitted by states. Numerous recent and long-standing
efforts have helped to substantially reduce the backlog on TMDLs from more than 700 in FY 2018
to 22 as of March 2021. Between fiscal year 2017 and March 2021, EPA has supported and
approved more than 6,000 TMDLs.
Issuing Permits
The NPDES program is managed by EPA and the states and issues on average over 11,000 permits
a year to address discharges from among the approximately 15,000 wastewater treatment facilities,
more than 60 categories of industries, and almost 300,000 stormwater facilities. The NPDES
program requires point source dischargers of pollutants to waters of the United States to be
permitted and pretreatment programs be put in place to control discharges from industrial and other
facilities to the Nation's wastewater treatment plants. EPA is working with the states31 to identify
opportunities to enhance the integrity and timely issuance of NPDES permits, while fine-tune
permitting implementation practices. EPA continues to provide training and technical assistance
to permit writers as they address complex and emerging issues and enhance program oversight to
31 Currently no tribes have authority to implement the NPDES program.
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ensure permit quality and timeliness. EPA continues to provide technical assistance in the areas of
green infrastructure and integrated planning as effective approaches to address wet weather
challenges and protect water quality. EPA updated the NPDES application forms to clarify
requirements and has provided training on the revised forms, as well as checklists to increase rates
of application completeness. After program improvements, between March 2018 and March 2021,
the backlog of EPA-issued new and existing NPDES permits decreased from 106 to 24 and 547 to
338, respectively. EPA issues NPDES permits for states that do not manage their own programs.
Conducting Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement
EPA will work with NPDES-authorized states to implement the 2014 CWA NPDES Compliance
Monitoring Strategy (CMS).32 The NPDES CMS establishes national standards for allocation of
inspection resources across all NPDES regulated entities to best protect water quality.
EPA works with states on advanced technologies, such as remote water monitoring sensors to
collect discharge data, to identify problem areas more efficiently. The Smart Mobile Tools for
Field Inspectors software suite provides a digital platform to support inspectors and managers
through the entire inspection process - from scheduling an inspection to generating a draft
inspection report for management review. The Agency expects that these technologies will
improve the analytical capabilities of both EPA and the states and enhance the public's knowledge
about the quality of their environment.
Currently, EPA and states are implementing the NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule, NPDES
eRule, in a collaborative manner. States have the option to build their own electronic reporting
tools and data systems or they can elect to utilize EPA's tools and systems. EPA and states
implemented Phase 1 of the NPDES eRule in FY 2017 for the following two reports: 1) Discharge
Monitoring Reports and 2) Federal Biosolids Annual Report, where EPA is the regulatory
authority. For example, currently over 35,000 NPDES permittees in 24 states use EPA's electronic
reporting tool, NetDMR, to submit their Discharge Monitoring Reports. EPA and states started
implementing Phase 2 of the NPDES eRule in FY 2018 for general permit reports and all remaining
program reports. EPA will continue to work collaboratively with states in FY 2022 to ensure a
smooth transition to electronic reporting for the NPDES program. Implementing the NPDES eRule
will help EPA and states clean up the Nation's waters by saving time and resources for the states
and regulated community, improving transparency, and obtaining more accurate, timely, complete,
and consistent information about the NPDES program.
Working with Tribal Water Pollution Control Programs
In FY 2022, EPA will work with tribal programs on revising the Final Guidance on the Award of
Grants to Indian Tribes under Section 106 of the Clean Water Act. Tribes will continue to
implement and expand their water pollution control programs by conducting activities that address
water quality and pollution problems on tribal lands pursuant to CWA Section 518(e).
32 For more information, please see: https://www.epa.gov/compliance/clean-water-act-national-pollutant-discharge-elimination-
svstem-compliance-monitoring.
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Performance Measure Targets:
(PM SWP-01) Square miles of watersheds with surface waters not meeting
standards (cumulative).
FY 2021
Target
FY 2022
Target
539,536
531,536
(PM SWP-02) Square miles of watersheds with surface waters not meeting
standards because of nutrients.
FY 2021
Target
FY 2022
Target
183,596
180,596
(PM TMDL-02) Percentage of priority TMDLs, alternative restoration
plans, and protection approaches in place.
FY 2021
Target
FY 2022
Target
84
100
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$4,600.0) This program change provides additional resources to states, tribes, and
interstate agencies to establish and maintain programs for the prevention and control of
surface and groundwater pollution from point and nonpoint sources.
Statutory Authority:
CWA § 106.
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Categorical Grant: Pollution Prevention
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
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$4,294.8
$4,630.0
$4,723.0
$93.0
Program Project Description:
The Pollution Prevention (P2) Categorical Grants Program supports the counterpart P2 program
under the Environmental Program and Management (EPM) account by providing financial support
to states, state entities (i.e., colleges and universities), and federally-recognized tribes and inter-
tribal consortia in implementing the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) of 1990, and state, tribal, and
local partner work for the Pollution Prevention (P2) program.
The P2 Program is one of EPA's primary tools for advancing environmental stewardship and
sustainability by federal, state, and tribal governments, businesses, communities, and individuals.
The Program seeks to alleviate environmental problems by achieving significant reductions in the
generation of hazardous releases to air, water, and land; reductions in the use or inefficient use of
hazardous materials, which also advances EPA's chemical risk reduction and management goals
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); reductions in the generation of greenhouse gases;
and reductions in the use of water. As a result of implementing these preventative approaches, the
P2 Program helps businesses and others reduce costs and access market opportunities in their work
to support environmental stewardship, corporate social responsibility, and other sustainability
work.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
The Program's efforts advance the Agency's priorities to pursue sustainability, take action on
climate change, address environmental justice (EJ), make a visible difference in communities, and
ensure chemical safety.33 In FY 2022, the P2 Categorical Grants34 Program will continue
supporting states, state entities, and federally-recognized tribes and inter-tribal consortia to provide
technical assistance to businesses, particularly small- and medium-sized firms, to help them
identify, develop and implement cost-effective approaches for reducing or eliminating pollution at
the source. Because it is often cheaper to prevent pollution from being created at the source rather
than cleaning it up afterwards or to pay for control, treatment, and disposal of waste products, these
P2 approaches often result in significant long-term savings for businesses. Documenting best
practices and developing case studies and training materials will be foundational assets for
33 For more information about the EPA's P2 program, please see http://www.epa.gov/p2/Error! Main Document Only..
34 https://www.epa.gov/p2/grant-programs-pollution-prevention. Categorical Grants fund core P2 technical assistance and are
complementary to the P2 Source Reduction Assistance Grants. In FY2021 there are 42 active P2 Categorical Grants and 11 active
P2 Source Reduction Assistance Grants, for a total of 53 grants.
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amplifying and replicating environmental stewardship, P2, and sustainability successes resulting
from the P2 grant programs.
Through competitive grants to technical assistance centers operated by states and tribes, U.S.
businesses can access a range of P2 enabling tools and support programs. In FY 2021, EPA has 42
active two-year categorical grants to states and tribes, all of which will continue through FY 2022.
EPA expects to award a similar number of additional two-year grants in FY 2022. Additionally,
EPA invests EPM funds in analyses, tool development, training, and outreach (including
partnering with industry, its associations, and other enterprise assistance programs), leveraging the
success of P2 Categorial Grant recipients and client businesses in a particular sector/location by
amplifying and/or replicating those successes to similar businesses in other locales. Such
economies of scale for P2 are central to maximizing the effectiveness of the program, and
advancing corporate social responsibility, environmental stewardship, and sustainability at the
state, tribal, and local levels.
One of the approaches EPA takes to pursue program efficiencies and economies of scale is through
sector-focused P2 National Emphasis Areas. For P2 grants awarded in FY 2022, grant applicants
will continue to be required to focus on one or more National Emphasis Areas,35 which were
selected based on an analysis of data to identify industry sectors that had high environmental
impact, high economic importance, high P2 opportunity, and of local concern to potential grantees.
To further advance EJ in FY 2022, EPA will use analyses of toxic chemical releases from facilities
and industrial sites proximal to EJ communities from Toxics Release Inventory reporting and
Chemical Data Reporting, where available, and use sector-specific P2 cases studies and best
practices - combined with outreach and training - to facilitate adoption of P2 practices in those
industries in the EJ communities. Additionally, EPA will advance P2 technical assistance
objectives in FY 2022 by customizing, developing, and delivering training to identify and deploy
green chemistry and engineering solutions through a range of incentive and related approaches.36
Performance Targets:
Work under this program supports performance results in the Pollution Prevention Program under
the EPM appropriation.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$93.0) This program change provides increased support to EPA's state and tribal partners
to provide technical assistance to businesses, particularly small- and medium-sized firms,
to help them identify, develop, and implement cost-effective approaches for reducing or
eliminating pollution at the source, including related source reduction, sustainability, and
environmental stewardship activities.
35 The P2 National Emphasis Areas include: automobile manufacturing and maintenance, aerospace manufacturing and
maintenance, chemical manufacturing and processing, metal manufacturing and fabrication, and/or food and beverage
manufacturing or processing.
36 For a description of the network services and regional activities, please visit: http://www2. epa. gov/p2/pollution-prevention-
resource-exchange-p2rx.
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Statutory Authority:
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990; Toxic Substances Control Act.
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Categorical Grant: Public Water System Supervision (PWSS)
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
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S 112.000.0
SI22.000.0
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Total Budget Authority
$109,075.2
$112,000.0
$122,000.0
$10,000.0
Program Project Description:
The Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program provides grants to states and tribes with
primary enforcement authority (primacy) to implement and enforce the National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations (NPDWRs) under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The NPDWRs set
forth health-based standards, monitoring, reporting, sanitary surveys, and enforcement elements
to ensure that the Nation's drinking water supplies do not pose adverse health risks.
The PWSS Program grants support the safety of the Nation's drinking water resources and protect
public health and the environment. Primacy agencies use these grants to fund drinking water
program personnel who:
Provide training and technical assistance to owners and operators of public water systems;
Conduct sanitary surveys (i.e., reviews conducted to determine and support a facility's
capacity to deliver safe drinking water) and address significant deficiencies that may
compromise the quality of the finished water;
Train and certify public water system operators;
Manage public water system data, facilitate electronic reporting of compliance monitoring
data, and submit compliance data to the database of record, the Safe Drinking Water
Information System;
Ensure that public water systems conduct the required public notifications to consumers;
and
Respond to violations and issue enforcement actions.
The PWSS Program is critical to increasing equity as small and disadvantaged communities
significantly benefit from support and technical assistance provided by primacy agencies through
this vital funding. Fundamental to ensuring safe water is having qualified operators in place at
these systems. These funds afford the opportunity for operators to receive the necessary training
and certification to continue to protect public health.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
In FY 2022, EPA will provide funds to support state efforts to assist the most vulnerable water
systems in meeting drinking water regulations and in developing the financial and managerial capacity
needed to protect federal investments that remedy aging or inadequate infrastructure (e.g., pipe
replacement to prevent failures in distribution systems, installation of treatment to remove drinking
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water contaminants). EPA's efforts will help deliver clean drinking water, improve the health of
our children, and support environmental justice for communities who too often have been left
behind, including rural and tribal communities.
Funds allocated to states and tribes without primacy are used to support direct implementation
activities by EPA. In FY 2021, Congress directed that $10.0 million of the PWSS grant funding
be used for "addressing [per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances] PFAS and other contaminants of
emerging concern." In FY 2022, EPA is requesting an additional $10.0 million to help States and
Tribes with primary enforcement authority to implement and enforce NPDWRs under the SDWA.
These funds will assist all communities across the country in the provision of safe drinking water.
EPA's PWSS Program is working with states to pursue a reduction of the number of systems that
have health-based non-compliance events. This includes working to decrease the number of
community water systems out of compliance with health-based standards. As of April 2021,
approximately 2,756 of the original 3,508 systems with health-based violations on September 30,
2017, have been returned to compliance. The PWSS Program helps to facilitate this effort by
supporting state drinking water programs and technical assistance providers in achieving and
maintaining compliance at drinking water systems, developing best practices, strengthening state
capacity, and certifying drinking water operators.
EPA also is enhancing its oversight of the state drinking water programs by improving the scope
and consistency of the annual PWSS program review for each primacy agency as required under
SDWA. Information gained during these reviews includes an analysis of the completion of sanitary
surveys by the primacy agency, an evaluation of whether the primacy agency is implementing the
state program in accordance with SDWA, review of state use of the funds and associated impacts,
and alignment of program with national enforcement and compliance priorities. The annual
program review directly supports the work of the states and EPA to reduce community water
systems out of compliance with health-based standards.
Performance Measure Targets:37
(PM DW-02) Community water systems still out of compliance with health-
based standards since September 30,2017.
FY 2021
Target
FY 2022
Target
875
701
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$10,000.0) This program change increases funding to help states and tribes with primary
enforcement authority to implement and enforce NPDWRs under SDWA. In addition, this
increase supports states, territories, and tribes in complying with drinking water
regulations, conducting sanitary surveys of public water systems, and providing technical
assistance to managers and operators of public water systems.
37 The Agency has made a technical correction to the baseline for the long-term performance goal associated with this program.
The adjusted long-term performance goal is "By September 30, 2022, reduce the number of community water systems still in
noncompliance with health-based standards since September 30, 2017, to 701."
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Statutory Authority:
Safe Drinking Water Act § 1443.
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Categorical Grant: Radon
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
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Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$ 1,156.0) This program change is an increase to support providing guidance to states and
tribes to promote and spread effective strategies for reducing indoor radon public health
risks. EPA also will work with states and tribes to support targeting SIRG funding to reduce
risks for low-income populations that lack resources to mitigate radon risk on their own.
Statutory Authority:
Title III of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
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Categorical Grant: State and Local Air Quality Management
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
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FY 2022 Pres
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Total Budget Authority
$222,318.8
$229,500.0
$321,500.0
$92,000.0
Program Project Description:
This program provides funding for state air programs, as implemented by state, multi-state, and
local air agencies. Section 103 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) provides EPA with the authority to
award grants to air pollution control agencies, other public or nonprofit private agencies,
institutions, and organizations, to conduct and promote certain types of research, investigations,
experiments, demonstrations, surveys, studies, and training related to air pollution. Section 105 of
the CAA provides EPA with the authority to award grants to state and local air pollution control
agencies to develop and implement continuing environmental and public health programs for the
prevention and control of air pollution, implementation of National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) and improving visibility in our national parks and wilderness areas (Class I areas). The
continuing activities funded under Section 105 include: analysis and planning for attainment and
maintenance of NAAQS; emission reduction measures; development and operation of air quality
monitoring networks, and other air program activities. Section 106 of the CAA provides EPA with
the authority to fund interstate air pollution transport commissions to develop or carry out plans
for designated air quality control regions.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
States are responsible for State Implementation Plans (SIPs), which provide a blueprint for the
programs and activities that states carry out to attain and maintain the NAAQS and comply with
visibility improvement obligations. In FY 2022, affected states will be developing or revising
attainment SIPs for areas reclassified to "Moderate" for the 2015 ozone NAAQS, for areas
reclassified to "Severe" for the 2008 ozone NAAQS, and for areas designated nonattainment
effective April 30, 2021, for the 2010 sulfur dioxide (SO2) NAAQS. States also have ongoing SIP
obligations associated with visibility improvement requirements, among other requirements
identified in the CAA. States also will continue implementing the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS, the
2008 lead NAAQS, the 2010 1-hour nitrogen dioxide (NO2) NAAQS, and the 2010 1-hour SO2
NAAQS.
As applicable, states also will continue implementing the previous PM2.5 and ozone NAAQS,
including the 1997 annual and 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS, the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS, the 2012
annual PM2.5 NAAQS, the revoked 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS and the revoked 1-hour ozone
NAAQS. EPA, in close collaboration with states and tribes, will work to reduce the number of
areas in nonattainment with the NAAQS. In FY 2022, EPA will work with states to prioritize
activities needed to meet obligations for SIP development and in implementing their plans for
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attaining and maintaining the NAAQS and achieving regional haze goals and identifying
streamlining options. EPA will maximize use of its web-based State Planning Electronic
Collaboration System (SPeCS) to review draft SIPs from state air agencies, and to track and process
state submittals. States are encouraged to engage with EPA early in their SIP development
processes, so EPA has enough time to provide feedback on SIPs prior to formal submission to
EPA for review.
Air Monitoring Networks
The Nation's ambient air quality monitoring network, an essential element of the Agency's
environmental infrastructure, serves as the foundation for the air quality management and control
programs. States will continue to operate and maintain their ambient air monitoring networks with
technical assistance and program support from EPA. The largest part of a state's overall air
program includes the collection, analysis, quality assurance, and submittal of ambient air quality
data. EPA also proposes to transition the funding of the PM2.5 monitoring network from Section
103 authority of the CAA, which provides 100 percent federal funding, to Section 105 authority
of the CAA, which provides a maximum federal share of 60 percent.
The states will work with EPA to develop and implement a community air quality monitoring and
notification program to provide real-time data to the public in areas with greatest exposure to
harmful levels of pollution. The President's FY 2022 budget request in EPM: Federal Support for
Air Quality Management includes $100 million for a new community air quality monitoring and
notification program to support efforts to deliver environmental justice for overburdened and
marginalized communities.
The states will collaborate with EPA to initiate the development and implementation of an air
quality monitoring modernization plan to better meet the additional information needs of air
quality managers, researchers, and the public.
Air Permitting Programs
In FY 2022, states with approved or delegated air permitting programs will implement these
programs. EPA will provide technical assistance, as needed.
Emissions Inventories
The development of a complete quality assured emission inventory is an important step in an air
quality management process. These inventories are used to help determine significant sources of
air pollutants and establish emission trends over time, target regulatory actions, and estimate air
quality through dispersion and photochemical modeling. An emission inventory includes estimates
of the emissions from various pollution sources in a specific geographical area. In FY 2022, states
will continue to develop inventories and submit data to EPA for the next release of the National
Emissions Inventory (NEI). EPA plans to release the 2020 NEI in calendar year 2023.
Air Quality Forecasts
The program supports state and local air agency capabilities to provide air quality forecasts for
ozone and PM2.5 that provide the public with information they can use to make daily lifestyle
decisions to protect their health. This information allows people to take precautionary measures to
avoid or limit their exposure to unhealthy levels of air quality. In addition, many communities use
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forecasts for initiating air quality "action" or "awareness" days. EPA will update data to allow for
state and local agencies to provide important public health information to the public.
State and Local Air Toxics Efforts
The program also supports state and local efforts to characterize air toxics problems and take
measures to reduce health risks from air toxics. This funding also supports characterization work
that includes collection and analysis of emissions data and monitoring of ambient air toxics. In FY
2022, funds will support the National Air Toxics Trends Stations (NATTS), consisting of 26 air
toxics monitoring sites and including the associated quality assurance, data analysis, and methods
support. Subject to availability, EPA anticipates funds will support the community-scale air toxics
grant competition.
Visibility Improvement
In FY 2022, EPA will review regional haze SIPs for the second planning period to ensure that
states are making reasonable progress towards their visibility improvement goals, consistent with
statutory obligations. The first State plans for improving visibility in our national parks and
wilderness areas were due in December 2007. Under the Regional Haze Rule, states are required
to submit updates to their plans to demonstrate how they have and will continue to make progress
towards achieving their visibility improvement goals.
Air Quality Training
In FY 2022, states and multi-jurisdictional organizations will use this funding to establish and
maintain training priorities for air quality-related subjects; develop new and update existing air
quality-related training materials; and, provide classroom and other types of training for air quality
professionals.
The increased funding for FY 2022 will expand these important programs and help accelerate
immediate on-the-ground efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, such as expanding deployment of
renewable energy sources and energy efficiency programs; capping of oil and gas wells to reduce
VOC and methane emissions; developing policies and programs to facilitate build-out of electric
vehicle (EV) charging station infrastructure; increasing air quality monitoring in environment
justice areas: and supporting programs to improve transportation options and reduce
disproportionate exposure to traffic emissions in disadvantaged communities.
Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports performance results in the Federal Support for Air Quality
Management under the EPM appropriation.
EPA is currently evaluating its suite of measures and indicators related to environmental justice
and climate change, including available data and programs where improved data sets are needed
to develop useful performance measures for Environmental Justice and Climate Change Programs.
Measures are under development in this program to address environmental justice and climate
change.
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FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$92,000.0) This program change is an increase that will help expand the efforts of air
pollution control agencies to implement their programs and to accelerate immediate on-
the-ground efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, such as expanding deployment of renewable
energy sources and energy efficiency programs; capping of oil and gas wells to reduce
VOC and methane emissions; developing policies and programs to facilitate build-out of
EV charging station infrastructure; increasing air quality monitoring in environmental
justice areas: and supporting programs to improve transportation options and reduce
disproportionate exposure to traffic emissions in disadvantaged communities.
Statutory Authority:
Clean Air Act §§ 103, 105, 106.
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Categorical Grant: Toxics Substances Compliance
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
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Program Project Description:
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Compliance Monitoring Program builds environmental
partnerships39 with states, tribes, and territories to strengthen their ability to address environmental
and public health threats from toxic substances. This assistance is used to prevent or eliminate
unreasonable risks to human health or the environment and to ensure compliance with toxic
substance regulations. The grants support inspection programs associated with lead-based paint
(§402(a), §406(b), and the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule), the Asbestos Hazard
Emergency Response Act (AHERA), and Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
Work in this program directly supports the Administration's priorities, including compliance
monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks to health or the environment
associated with chemical substances such as asbestos, lead-based paint, and polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs), and to encourage states to establish their own compliance and enforcement
programs for lead-based paint and asbestos. EPA may provide funding for compliance monitoring
grants to states and tribes under TSCA to conduct inspections to ensure compliance with the
Asbestos-in-Schools requirements, the Model Accreditation Plan (MAP), Asbestos Ban and Phase
Out Rule, the TSCA Asbestos Worker Protection Rule, lead-based paint regulations, and PCB
regulations. For states with asbestos waiver or lead-based paint programs, these grants also fund
enforcement activities. In FY 2022, EPA also will continue to award state and tribal assistance
grants to aid in the implementation of compliance and enforcement provisions of TSCA.
In recent years, the Agency has consulted with its state partners in the development of a new
allocation formula for the TSCA State and Tribal Assistance Grants. EPA began implementing the
new formula in FY 2019 and is on target for completing the three-year phased approach in FY
2021. In FY 2022 and beyond, the new fully implemented weighted formula will continue to better
align the distribution of funding with the national program priorities including reducing risks from:
1) lead poisoning or elevated blood-lead levels; 2) exposure to asbestos; and 3) exposure to PCBs.
The assistance grants will help rebuild programmatic capabilities between EPA and partner
agencies, and support delivering environmental justice for overburdened and marginalized
communities.
39 For additional information, please refer to: https://www.epa.gov/compliance/toxic-substances-compliance-monitoring-grant-
guidance-fiscal-vear-2020.
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Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$95.0) This program change will support state and tribal partners' compliance and
enforcement activities, including providing support for delivering environment justice for
overburdened and marginalized communities.
Statutory Authority:
Toxic Substances Control Act.
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Categorical Grant: Tribal Air Quality Management
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
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$13,415.0
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$8,000.0
Program Project Description:
American Indians and Alaskan Natives are disproportionately impacted by air pollution and
climate change. They have a higher rate of asthma, diabetes, heart disease and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) than the general population. Wildfire season has consistently
intensified over the past few years due to climate change and extreme weather conditions which
has led to an increase in ambient and indoor air pollution and exacerbated the health of tribal
communities. Across the Nation, tribal air issues vary from permitting sources on-reservation, to
monitoring for criteria air pollutants, to participating in local, state, regional, and national air
quality work groups. In addition to performing emissions inventories and monitoring, other
program tasks include addressing indoor air quality issues, and reviewing and commenting on
permits issued by other agencies.
This program includes funding for tribes and tribal air pollution control agencies implementing
projects and programs to address air pollution issues in Indian Country. Using Section 105
authority of the Clean Air Act (CAA), tribal agencies may develop and implement programs for
the prevention and control of air pollution and implementation of primary and secondary National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Using Section 103 authority of the CAA, tribal
agencies, colleges, universities, and multi-tribe jurisdictional air pollution control agencies may
conduct and promote research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, surveys, studies, and
training related to ambient or indoor air pollution in Indian Country. EPA provides technical
assistance and resources to help tribes build their program capacity and ensure successful project
completion. Tribes use these resources to perform emissions inventories, monitor air quality and
implement regulatory, voluntary and education and outreach programs for their citizens, who are
among the most environmentally at-risk populations in the country. Currently only 47 tribes have
Section 105 grants and 74 tribes have Section 103 grants.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
Tribes will assess environmental and public health conditions in Indian Country by developing
emission inventories and, where appropriate, siting and operating air quality monitors. Tribes will
continue to develop and implement air pollution control programs for Indian Country to prevent
and address air quality concerns, including combating the effects of climate change. EPA will
continue to fund organizations for the purpose of providing technical support, tools, and training
for tribes to build capacity to develop and implement programs.
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Currently, there are 577 federally recognized tribes. Of those, 63 tribes have treatment in a manner
similar to a state status or Treatment as a State with regard to implementing functions pertaining
to the management and protection of air resources within reservation boundaries or other areas
under the tribe's jurisdiction, for which they have received approval. In addition, EPA awards
financial support under the CAA to help build tribal knowledge and increase tribes' capacity to
manage air quality issues and encourages tribes to partner with EPA to carry out CAA protections
within reservations, tribal communities, and tribal communities that may be disproportionately
affected.
In FY 2022, a key activity is to work to reduce the number of days in violation of the NAAQS.
This program supports the Agency's priority of building stronger partnerships with individual
tribes and with the National Tribal Air Association, whose priorities include tribes' participation
in the Agency's policy and rule development and the Tribal Air Monitoring Support (TAMS)
Center. The TAMS Center supports the tribes' ability to collect and provide monitoring data to
protect the health of their tribal members. Tribes also will focus on increasing the number of tribes
with emissions inventories. This will increase a tribe's knowledge on how to best protect their
citizens. Tribes also will focus on implementation of nonregulatory and voluntary programs, as
well as education and outreach programs. These will assist with pollution reduction while creating
a more informed citizenship. In FY 2022, this program also will support modernization of the tribal
monitoring networks and promote collaboration with EPA and state and local air agencies on
efforts to initiate the development and implementation of an air quality monitoring modernization
plan.
The Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) has enhanced tribal monitoring capacity
by supporting seven sites on tribal lands and training the site operators. In FY 2022, the Agency
will continue to build community partnerships by installing additional tribal CASTNET
monitoring sites, providing near real-time air quality data and the ability to assess ecological
impacts from atmospheric deposition of air pollutants.
The increased funding for FY 2022 will expand these important programs and help accelerate
immediate on-the-ground efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, such as expanding deployment of
renewable energy sources and energy efficiency programs; capping of oil and gas wells to reduce
VOC and methane emissions; developing policies and programs to facilitate build-out of electric
vehicle (EV) charging station infrastructure; increasing air quality monitoring in environmental
justice areas: and supporting programs to improve transportation options and reduce
disproportionate exposure to traffic emissions in disadvantaged communities.
Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports performance results in the Federal Support for Air Quality
Management Program under the EPM appropriation.
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FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$8,000.0) This program change is an increase that will help expand the efforts of tribes
and tribal air quality control agencies to implement their programs and to accelerate
immediate on-the-ground efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, such as expanding
deployment of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency programs; capping of oil
and gas wells to reduce VOC and methane emissions; and developing policies and
programs to facilitate build-out of EV charging station infrastructure. The increase also
will support additional air quality monitoring in environmental justice areas and programs
to improve transportation options and reduce disproportionate exposure to traffic emissions
in Tribes.
Statutory Authority:
Clean Air Act §§ 103, 105.
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Categorical Grant: Tribal General Assistance Program
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
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Program Project Description:
In 1992, Congress established the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP), a
program that provides grants and technical assistance to tribes to plan, develop, and establish tribal
environmental protection programs consistent with other applicable provisions of law
administered by EPA. The Agency works collaboratively with tribal partners on mutually
identified environmental and public health priorities to achieve these aims. Funding provided
under the GAP is for the administrative, technical, legal, enforcement, communication, and
outreach capacities tribes need to effectively administer environmental regulatory programs that
EPA may delegate to tribes. GAP funds also may be used to assist in the development and
implementation of solid and hazardous waste programs for Indian lands, including solid waste
service delivery costs. Please see https://www.epa.gov/tribal/indian-environmental-general-
assistance-program-gap for more information.
Some uses of GAP funds include:
Assessing the status of a tribe's environmental conditions;
Developing appropriate environmental programs, codes, and ordinances;
Developing the capacity to administer environmental regulatory programs that EPA may
delegate to a tribe;
Conducting public education and outreach efforts to ensure that tribal communities
(including non-members residing in Indian Country) are informed and able to participate
in environmental decision-making; and
Establishing tribal program capacity to communicate and coordinate with federal, tribal,
state, and local government officials on environmental and public health actions and issues.
GAP supports tribal capacity development through financial assistance to approximately 525 tribal
governments and inter-tribal consortia. GAP has helped tribes receive 95 program delegations to
administer a variety of programs across a number of statutes, including the Clean Water Act, Safe
Drinking Water Act, and the Clean Air Act. Tribes also have developed capacity to assist EPA in
implementing federal environmental programs in the absence of an EPA-approved tribal program
through Direct Implementation Tribal Cooperative Agreements (DITCAs). As of FY 2021, there
are 15 active DITCAs supporting EPA's direct implementation activities. Furthermore, GAP funds
have helped to train tribal government inspectors who are able to conduct compliance monitoring
activities under tribal laws and may have EPA federal inspector credentials. In addition, GAP also
supports tribes with the development of their waste management programs with 267 tribes having
Integrated Waste Management Plans.
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FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
In FY 2022, GAP grants are essential to assisting tribal governments in developing environmental
protection program capacity to assess environmental conditions, use relevant environmental
information to improve long-range strategic environmental program development planning, and
develop programs tailored to tribal government needs consistent with those long-range strategic
plans.
In addition, EPA will strategically invest $10 million to address inequities to promote
environmental justice. This will include funding to assist tribes in developing public participation
programs and solid waste infrastructure, as well as furthering equities in Indian country by
identifying opportunities for increased direct implementation collaboration.
In FY 2022, the Agency will continue to implement GAP under a national framework set forth in
program guidance and maintain an emphasis on training (internal and external) to support
nationally consistent GAP guidance interpretation and implementation. In supporting a strong
GAP management framework (as referenced under Tribal Capacity Program), EPA will continue
to establish and refine tools to track the progress tribes achieve toward developing and
implementing environmental protection programs in Indian Country. A revised GAP national
framework as defined in new guidance is anticipated to be final for implementation in FY 2023.
Performance Measure Targets:
EPA is currently evaluating its suite of measures and indicators related to Environmental Justice,
including available data and programs where improved data sets are needed to develop useful
performance measures for Environmental Justice Programs. Measures are under development in
this program to address environmental justice
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$11,325.0) This program increase is to support additional grant funding to federally
recognized tribes and tribal consortia for planning, developing, and establishing
environmental protection programs in Indian country and implementing solid and
hazardous waste programs. This strategic investment will address inequities by promoting
environmental justice and public participation in programs being developed.
Statutory Authority:
Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act.
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Categorical Grant: Underground Injection Control (UIC)
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
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$11,164.0
$11,387.0
$223.0
Program Project Description:
EPA's Underground Injection Control (UIC) Grant Program funds federal, state, and tribal
government agencies that oversee underground injection activities to prevent contamination of
underground sources of drinking water from fluid injection practices, as established by the Safe
Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
EPA regulates the permitting, construction, operation, and closure of injection wells used to place
fluids underground for storage, disposal, enhanced recovery of oil and gas, and mineral recovery.
EPA provides grants to states and tribes that have primary enforcement authority (primacy) to
implement and manage UIC programs and ensure safe injection well operations that prevent
contamination of underground sources of drinking water. Eligible tribes that demonstrate an intent
to achieve primacy also may receive grants for the initial development of UIC programs and be
designated for "treatment as a state" if their programs are approved. Where a jurisdiction does not
have primacy, EPA uses these funds for direct implementation of federal UIC requirements.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
The FY 2022 request will support implementation of the UIC Program, which manages
approximately 743,000 injection wells40 across six well types to protect groundwater resources.
EPA directly implements UIC programs in seven states and two territories and shares
responsibility in eight states and with two tribes. EPA also administers the UIC programs for all
other tribes and for Class VI wells in all states but North Dakota and Wyoming.41 EPA will
continue its support of state oil and gas programs as they implement or assume responsibility for
UIC Class II programs.
The UIC Program is improving efficiency by reducing the UIC permit application processing time
to 180 days or fewer and will continue implementing the recently developed UIC well permit
review process. For the UIC Program, this includes applying identified permit review and
processing efficiencies from the Class II effort to all other well classes, modifying common
definitions, as appropriate, to provide greater clarity for all well classes so that improvements in
processing permit applications can be attained. As of March 2021, the backlog of EPA-issued new
UIC permits, currently 22, continues to be less than the 2019 baseline of 36.
40As represented in FY 2019 annual inventory.
41 For more information, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/uic/primarv-enforcement-authoritv-underground-iniection-control-
program.
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Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports performance results in the Drinking Water Programs under the
EPM appropriation and mitigation of climate change to support safe drinking water for the Nation.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$223.0) This program change increases resources to support EPA's state and tribal
partners through the Underground Injection Control Grant Program.
Statutory Authority:
Safe Drinking Water Act § 1443.
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Categorical Grant: Underground Storage Tanks
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
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Program Project Description:
EPA's Underground Storage Tanks (UST) State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG) program
provides funding for grants to states under the Solid Waste Disposal Act to improve and enhance
UST programs. STAG funds may be used for prevention activities that are not specifically spelled
out in the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005 and are used by states that do not have sufficient
state resources to fund these core programs.
STAG funds are used by states42 to fund such activities as: applying for state program approval to
operate the UST Program in lieu of the federal program, updating UST regulations, and providing
compliance assistance.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
Due to the increased emphasis on inspections and release prevention requirements, EPA has
consistently met the yearly goal to minimize the number of confirmed releases. In FY 2020, there
were 4,944 reported releases reflecting a downward trend from 6,847 in FY 2014 and 5,678 in FY
2017.
As of FY 2020, 22 states and territories have reported compliance with the UST Technical
Compliance Rate (TCR) measure, which came about after the UST rule was revised in 2015. The
TCR includes new compliance measures for spill prevention and overfill requirements, as well as
additional leak detection requirements. In FY 2020, EPA reported a TCR rate of 58 percent, a
significant improvement from the 44 percent rate from FY 2019.
The remaining states and territories will continue to report the Significant Operational Compliance
(SOC) rate until they reach their respective UST state regulation effective dates and move to TCR.
In FY 2020, EPA reported an SOC rate of 68 percent, which mirrors the results from FY 2019.43
EPA has been working with states to both update their state regulations as appropriate and to
reapply for state program approval (SPA). EPA anticipates that all states with SPA will have
program renewal by the end of FY 2022. In addition, EPA anticipates several new states will apply
and be approved for SPA for the first time by the end of FY 2022.
42 States as referenced here also include the District of Columbia and five territories as described in the definition of a state in the
Solid Waste Disposal Act.
43 More information on performance measures can be found at https://www.epa.gov/ust/ust-performance-measures.
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Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports performance results in the LUST Prevention program under the
LUST appropriation.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$30.0) This program change increases support for EPA's state and tribal partners through
the UST STAG Program.
Statutory Authority:
Solid Waste Disposal Act § 2007(f); Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260.
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Categorical Grant: Wetlands Program Development
Program Area: Categorical Grants
(Dollars in Thousands)
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$14,192.0
$14,476.0
$284.0
Program Project Description:
The Wetlands Program Development Grants Program assists states, tribes, and local governments
with building or enhancing their wetland protection and restoration programs. Program grants are
used to develop new or refine existing state and tribal wetland programs in one or more of the
following areas: 1) monitoring and assessment; 2) voluntary restoration and protection; 3)
regulatory programs, including Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 certification and Section 404
assumption;44 and 4) wetland water quality standards.
States and tribes develop program elements based on their goals and resources. The grants support
development of state and tribal wetland programs that further the goals of CWA and improve water
quality in watersheds throughout the country. The grants are awarded on a competitive basis under
the authority of Section 104(b)(3) of CWA. The grant funding is split among EPA's ten regional
offices according to the number of states and territories per region. Each region is required, by
regulation, to compete the award of these funds to states, tribes, local governments, interstate
agencies, and inter-tribal consortia.45 In addition, EPA sets aside ten percent of the appropriation
for a grant competition specifically for tribes and inter-tribal consortia.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
In FY 2022, EPA will continue to assist states and tribes in their efforts to protect and manage
wetlands through documenting stresses or improvements to wetland condition; developing tools
for wetland restoration and the use of natural infrastructure to mitigate flooding hazards;
investigating opportunities to factor in climate change and environmental justice in decision-
making; and developing regulatory controls to avoid, minimize, and compensate for wetland
impacts.
44 State and tribal assumption of CWA Section 404 is an approach that can be useful in streamlining 404 permitting in coordination
with other environmental regulations. When states or tribes assume administration of the federal regulatory program, Section 404
permit applicants seek permits from the state or tribe rather than the federal government. States and tribes are in many cases located
closer to the proposed activities and are often more familiar with local resources, issues, and needs. Even when a state assumes
permitting under Section 404, the Army Corps of Engineers retains jurisdiction for a certain portion of waters under the CWA as
well as those waters subject to Section 10 of the River and Harbors Act for permits.
45 For more information, please see: http://water.epa.gov/grants funding/wetlands/estp.cfm.
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Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$284.0) This program change increases resources to support EPA's state and tribal
partners through the Wetlands Program Development Grants Program.
Statutory Authority:
Clean Water Act § 104(b)(3).
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State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
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Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
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$150,000.0
$60,000.0
Program Project Description:
The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Grant Program provides support for emission
reductions from existing diesel engines through engine replacements, including zero emission
replacements, retrofits, and rebuilds; switching to cleaner fuels; idling reduction; and other
emission reduction strategies. The DERA Program was initially authorized in Sections 791-797 of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and reauthorized by the Diesel Emission Reduction Act of 2010
and in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.
Diesel engines are the modern-day workhorse of the American economy (e.g., goods movement,
construction, public transportation). Diesel engines are extremely efficient and power nearly every
major piece of equipment on farms, construction sites, in ports, and on highways. As the Agency's
heavy-duty highway and nonroad diesel engines emissions standards came into effect in 2007 and
2008 respectively, new cleaner diesel engines started to enter the Nation's fleet. However, there
are nearly 10 million older engines in use that will continue to emit large amounts of nitrogen
oxides and particulate matter, including black carbon.46 DERA grants accelerate the pace at which
dirty engines are retired or retrofitted. EPA's DERA Program promotes strategies to reduce these
emissions and protect public health by working with air quality professionals, environmental and
community organizations, manufacturers, fleet operators, tribes, and state and local officials.
DERA funding provides both a public health and climate benefit and can be directed to areas with
the greatest need. DERA funding is targeted to areas with air quality challenges47 and grants
funding is prioritized for projects that benefit communities with environmental justice concerns.
School buses provide the safest transportation to and from school for more than 25 million
American children. However, diesel exhaust from these buses has a negative impact on human
health, especially for children, whose lungs are not yet fully developed and who have a faster
breathing rate than adults.48
Ports are places where large concentrations of diesel equipment often converge - including ships,
trucks, rail, and non-road machinery. The near-port communities that bear the brunt of air pollution
from these diesel engines are often comprised of low-income populations and people of color.
These residents can be exposed to air pollution associated with emissions from diesel engines at
ports including particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, ozone, and air toxics, which can contribute to
46 DERA Fourth Report to Congress. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2019-07/documents/420rl90Q5.pdf.
47 DERA Fourth Report to Congress, https://www.epa. gov/sites/production/files/2019-07/documents/420rl 9005 .pdf.
48 For more information, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/dera/reducing-diesel-emissions-school-buses.
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significant health problems, including premature mortality, increased hospital admissions for heart
and lung disease, increased cancer risk, and increased respiratory symptoms, especially for
children, the elderly, outdoor workers, and other sensitive populations.
EPA estimates that each federal dollar invested in clean diesel projects has leveraged as much as
$3 from other government agencies, private organizations, industries, and nonprofit organizations,
generating between $11 and $30 in public health benefits. Each federal dollar invested in DERA
also results in over $2 in fuel saving.49
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
The 2022 Budget begins the process of addressing the climate crisis. Taking into account the Diesel
Emissions Reduction Act Program's continuing role in advancing environmental justice and
tackling the climate crisis, EPA will evaluate the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Program to
identify the appropriate actions the agency can take to support this policy objective in the 2023
Budget, as outlined in Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.
Work in this Program directly supports Executive Order 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at
Home and Abroad and its Justice40 Initiative to target 40 percent of the benefits of climate
investments to disadvantaged communities. In FY 2022, EPA will continue to target its funds to
direct DERA grants and rebates to reduce diesel emissions in priority areas of highly concentrated
diesel pollution to tackle the climate change crisis, with a primary focus on school buses, ports,
and areas with environmental justice concerns.
In FY 2022, EPA will increase efforts to support rebates for alternative-fuel and electric bus
replacements as part of ongoing work to equip local school districts with cleaner-running buses.
In FY 2020, applicants scrapping and replacing diesel buses with engine model years 2006 and
older received rebates between $20,000 and $65,000 per bus, depending on the fuel type of the
replacement bus. Among the hundreds of rebates awarded to schools, more than a dozen rebates
supported the purchase of state-of-the-art zero emission electric buses for schools as a part of the
DERA School Bus Rebate Program. In FY 2022, EPA will prioritize funding for school bus
replacements, particularly for alternative-fuel and electric school bus replacements.
The DERA Grant Program also will prioritize projects that provide a health benefit to residents of
communities near centers of goods movement and projects that benefit areas with environmental
justice concerns by awarding points to projects that engage affected communities and directly
address their needs and concerns. Priority is given to projects that will benefit communities near
goods movement facilities like ports that receive a disproportionate quantity of air pollution from
diesel fleets. Further priority is given to projects whose leaders engage and partner with affected
communities with environmental justice concerns to directly address those needs and concerns.
EPA encourages prospective DERA grant applicants to take advantage of a series of community-
port collaboration materials,50 published by EPA's Ports Initiative, including case studies on four
49 DERA Fourth Report to Congress, https://www.epa. gov/sites/production/files/2019-07/documents/420rl 9005 .pdf.
50 For more information, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/communitv-port-collaboration/communitv-port-collaboration-toolkit.
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community-port collaboration pilot projects that took place in Seattle, New Orleans, Savannah,
and Providence.51
Using the formula outlined in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, eligible states and territories are
offered 30 percent of the annual DERA appropriation to implement projects under the DERA State
Grants Program. The remaining DERA funding is awarded to rebates and competitive grants.
Through the DERA School Bus Rebate Program, the Agency will efficiently and precisely target
funds toward improving children's health and turning over the Nation's school bus fleet with new,
cleaner buses. Through the DERA National Grants and the DERA Tribal and Insular Area Grants,
the Agency will competitively award grants focusing on areas with poor air quality, especially
those impacted most severely by emissions from ports and goods movement. Priority for funding
also is given to projects benefitting communities with environmental justice concerns and projects
which engage communities in the design and performance of the project. EPA will continue to
track, assess, and report the results of DERA grants, such as numbers of engines, emissions
benefits, and cost-benefit information.52 Further, EPA will continue to provide diesel emission
reduction technology verification and evaluation and provide that information to the public.53
Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$60,000.0) This program change increases the DERA grant funding available for grants
and rebates to reduce harmful diesel emissions and tackle the climate change crisis, with a
focus on priority areas including school buses, ports, and communities with environmental
justice concerns.
Statutory Authority:
The Diesel Emissions Reduction Program is authorized by Title VII, Subtitle G of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005, 42 USC 16131, et seq., as amended.
51 For more information, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/ports-initiative/case-studies-improving-environmental-performance-
and-economic-prosperitv-ports-and.
52 List of all grant awards under DERA can be found at https://www.epa.gov/cleandiesel/clean-diesel-national-grants.
53 For more information, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/cleandiesel.
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Brownfields Projects
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
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Program Project Description:
The Brownfields Program awards grants and provides technical assistance to help states, tribes,
local communities, and other stakeholders involved in environmental revitalization and economic
redevelopment to work together to plan, inventory, assess, safely cleanup, and reuse brownfields.
Approximately 143 million people (roughly 44 percent of the U.S. population) live within three
miles of a brownfields site that received EPA funding.54 This idle land drags down property values
and can slow a local economy. Brownfields redevelopment is a key to revitalizing main streets,
neighborhoods, and rural communities; increasing property values and creating jobs, especially
for those environmental justice and persistent poverty communities that are often left out of
economic and environmental revitalization. Important environmental impacts of brownfields
cleanup and redevelopment include improved water quality associated with reduced runoff from
storm water and nonpoint pollutant sources, and improved air quality associated with reduced
greenhouse gas emissions from vehicle travel.55
Since its inception, the Brownfields Program has fostered a community-driven approach to the
reuse of contaminated sites. As of April 2021, grants awarded by the Program have led to over
142,000 acres of idle land made ready for productive use and over 176,800 jobs and $34.5 billion
leveraged.56 By awarding brownfields grants, EPA makes investments in communities so that they
can realize their own visions for land reuse, infrastructure development, economic growth, and job
creation.
The Brownfields Program directly supports President Biden's Executive Order 14008, Tackling
the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (January 27, 2021).57 Under this program, EPA will focus
on core activities, providing funding for: 1) assessment cooperative agreements and Targeted
Brownfields Assessments (TBAs); 2) cleanup and multipurpose cooperative agreements; and 3)
research, training, and technical assistance to communities for brownfields-related activities,
including land revitalization assistance, environmental workforce development, and job training
cooperative agreements.
1 U.S. EPA, Office of Land and Emergency Management 2020. Data collected includes: (1) Superfund, Brownfield, and RCRA
Corrective Action site information as of the end of FY 2019; (2) UST/LUST information as of late-2018 to mid-2019 depending
on the state; and (3) 2015-2018 American Community Survey (ACS) Census data.
55 Brownfields Program Environmental & Economic Benefits, please refer to:
https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-program-environmental-and-economic-benefits.
56 EPA's ACRES database.
57 For additional information, please refer to: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefmg-room/presidential-
actions/2021/01/27/executive-order-on-tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad/.
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A 2017 study found that housing property values increased 5 to 15.2 percent near brownfield sites
when cleanup was completed.58 Analysis of the data near 48 brownfields sites shows that an
estimated $29 to $97 million in additional tax revenue was generated for local governments in a
single year after cleanup. This is 2 to 7 times more than the $12.4 million EPA contributed to the
cleanup of those brownfields.59 In addition, based on historical data provided by the Assessment
Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES) database, $1 of EPA's Brownfields
funding leverages $20.13 in other public and private funding.60
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
In FY 2022, EPA requests an increase of $40 million, as part of the Administration's $1.8 billion
request, targeted to advance environmental justice in tandem with climate work. This investment
will align with the President's Environmental Justice Executive Order by stimulating economic
opportunity and environmental revitalization in more than 400 historically overburdened
communities. These resources will build on current work to revitalize communities across the
country by providing financial and technical assistance to assess, cleanup, and plan reuse at
brownfields sites. In FY 2020, EPA made 809 additional brownfields sites ready for anticipated
use. The Brownfields Program will continue to foster federal, state, tribal, local, and public-private
partnerships to return properties to productive economic use, including in historically
disadvantaged and environmental justice communities. The activities described below will
leverage approximately 13,400 jobs and $2.6 billion in other funding sources.61
Funding will support at least 117 assessment cooperative agreements that recipients may
use to inventory, assess, and conduct cleanup and reuse planning at brownfields sites.
Approximately 1,000 site assessments will be completed under these agreements, including
in communities affected by the retirement of coal-fired power plants.
EPA will provide funding for TBAs in up to 120 communities without access to other
assessment resources or those that lack the capacity to manage a brownfields assessment
grant. There is special emphasis for small, rural, and disadvantaged communities to submit
requests for this funding to ensure equal access to brownfields assessment resources. These
assessments will be performed through contracts and interagency agreements.
Funding will support 26 direct cleanup cooperative agreements to enable eligible entities
to clean up recipient owned properties.
The Agency will provide funding for approximately 16 new Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)
cooperative agreements. This funding enables recipients to make loans and subgrants for
the cleanup of brownfield sites and establishes a sustainable RLF program. In addition, the
Agency will provide supplemental funding to approximately 41 existing high performing
58Haninger, K., L. Ma, andC. Timmins. 2017. The Value of Brownfield Remediation. Journal of the Association of Environmental
and Resource Economists, 4(1): 197-241, httvs://www. journals, uchicaso.edu/doi/vdfvlus/10.1086/689743.
59 Sullivan, K. A. 2017. Brownfields Remediation: Impact on Local Residential Property Tax Revenue. Journal of Environmental
Assessment Policy and Management, 19(3), http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1464333217500132.
60 For more information, please visit www, epa. gov/brownfields.
61 U.S. EPA, Office of Land and Emergency Management Estimate. All estimates of outputs and outcomes are supported by the
data that is entered by cooperative agreement recipients via EPA's ACRES database.
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RLF recipients. These awards will lead to approximately 82 additional sites cleaned up,
with a particular focus on cleanups in disadvantaged communities.
Funding will support 15 Environmental Workforce Development & Job Training (EWDJT)
cooperative agreements. This funding will provide environmental job training for citizens
to take advantage of new jobs created as a result of brownfield assessment, cleanup, and
revitalization in their communities. These awards will lead to approximately 735 people
trained and 510 placed in jobs.
Funding also will support training, research, technical assistance cooperative agreements,
interagency agreements, and contracts to support states, tribes, and communities for both
the Brownfields and Land Revitalization programs and other assistance mechanisms, as
authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(7).
Funding will be provided for technical assistance to an estimated 50 small and
disadvantaged communities.
All estimates of outputs and outcomes are supported by the data that is entered by cooperative
agreement recipients via the ACRES database and analyzed by EPA. Maintenance of ACRES
focuses on the input of high-quality data, and robust analysis regarding program outcomes and
performance will continue to be priorities during FY 2022.
Performance Measure Targets:
(PM B30) Number of brownfields sites made ready for anticipated use.
FY 2021
Target
FY 2022
Target
684
684
(PM B37) Billions of dollars of cleanup and redevelopment funds leveraged
at brownfields sites.
FY 2021
Target
FY 2022
Target
1.3
1.3
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$40,000.0) This program change is an increase to supports the cleanup of sites, with a
particular focus on those in disadvantaged communities. The investment will stimulate
economic development and promote environmental revitalization. $15 million is
designated for quality cooperative agreements targeted at communities affected by the
retirement of coal-fired power plants.
Statutory Authority:
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) §§
101(39) and 104(k).
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Infrastructure Assistance: Alaska Native Villages
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
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Program Project Description:
The Alaska Rural and Native Village (ANV) Program reduces disease and health care costs by
providing critical basic drinking water and sanitation infrastructure (e.g., flushing toilets and
running water) in vulnerable rural and Native Alaskan communities that lack such services
disproportionately when compared to the rest of the country. Alaskan rural and native water and
sewer systems face not only the typical challenges associated with small system size, but also the
challenging climactic and geographic conditions, such as permafrost, shortened construction
seasons, and extremely remote locations.
ANV communities look to EPA as a last-resort funding source when they or the State of Alaska
are not able to fully finance the needed water infrastructure improvements. The Program serves
communities that often lack the debt capacity to apply for other funding sources, including EPA
State Revolving Loan Funds. The Indian Health Service's (IHS) December 2020 analysis illustrate
the need to assist these communities - the IHS identified $308 million of need for water and
wastewater infrastructure in Alaska in FY 2020. Many communities on the prioritized list have not
been able to advance their projects due to lack of funding.
EPA's grant to the State of Alaska funds improvements and construction of drinking water and
wastewater treatment facilities for these small and disadvantaged communities. Investments in
wastewater and drinking water infrastructure in rural Alaskan communities contributed to an
increase of access to water and sewer service from 69 percent in the late 1990s to 96.9 percent in
2020.62 While the gains in the Program have been significant, ANV communities continue to trail
behind the non-tribal/non-native population in the United States with access to water and
sanitation. In Alaska, a significant percentage of native and rural serviceable households are
without complete indoor plumbing.
In addition to funding system upgrades and construction to address the challenges Alaskans face,
the ANV Program also uniquely supports training, technical assistance, and educational programs
to improve the financial management and operation and maintenance of sanitation systems. This
62 For more information please see: State of Alaska OMB Key Performance Indicators Department of Environmental
Conservation https://www.omb.alaska.gov//html/performance/program-indicators.html?p=37&r=l.
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is done through leveraging prioritization and implementation expertise from the State of Alaska63
with ANV program funds.
The ANV technical assistance program helps to improve the long-term sustainability of the rural
water utilities, creating transferable job skills in construction and operation and maintenance
activities. The ANV Program also has helped to nearly double the number of properly certified
drinking water treatment plant operators in Alaskan rural villages since FY 1992, and the number
of non-compliant systems has decreased by close to 80 percent since FY 2006.64 Since 2005, the
ANV Program, in collaboration and combination with other federal agencies, has shown a
significant increase in the number of projects and ANV homes with increased access to safe water
and sanitation.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
The FY 2022 request of $36.2 million will fund a portion of the need in rural Alaskan homes and
maintain the existing level of wastewater and drinking water infrastructure that meets public health
standards, given increased regulatory requirements on drinking water systems and the rate of
construction of new homes in rural Alaska. Additionally, the request will continue to support
training, technical assistance, and educational programs that protect existing federal investments
in infrastructure by improving operation and maintenance of the systems. Improved operation and
maintenance will improve system performance and extend the life of the asset.
In FY 2022, the Agency will continue to work with the State of Alaska to address sanitation
conditions and maximize the value of the federal investment in rural Alaska. EPA will continue to
implement the Alaska Rural and Native Village "Management Controls Policy," adopted in June
2007, to ensure efficient use of funds by allocating them to projects that are ready to proceed or
progressing satisfactorily. The Agency has made great strides in implementing more focused and
intensive oversight of the ANV grant program through cost analyses, post-award monitoring, and
timely closeout of projects.
Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
There is no change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 § 303; Clean Water Act § 1263a.
63 The State of Alaska uses a risk-based prioritization process to fund projects that will have the greatest public health and
environmental benefit. Further, the State delivers these services to ANV communities by coordinating across federal agencies and
Programs.
64 As reported by the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Remote Maintenance Worker Program outcome
reports (November 2021).
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Infrastructure Assistance: Clean Water SRF
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
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Program Project Description:
The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Program capitalizes state revolving loan funds
in all 50 states and Puerto Rico to finance infrastructure improvements for public wastewater
systems and projects to improve water quality. These funds directly support the Agency's goal to
ensure waters are clean through improved water infrastructure and sustainable management. The
CWSRF Program also implements American Iron and Steel65 (AIS) requirements, as required by
law.
The CWSRF Program is the largest source of federal funds for states to provide low-interest loans
and other forms of assistance for water quality projects including construction of wastewater
treatment facilities, water and energy efficiency projects, green infrastructure projects, and
agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs). This federal investment is designed to be used
in concert with other sources of funds to address water quality needs.66 Other tools, such as
additional subsidization, are available as part of the CWSRF Program to assist small and
disadvantaged communities. The CWSRF Program is a key component of EPA's efforts to achieve
innovative solutions to wastewater infrastructure needs and realize economic and environmental
benefits that will continue to accrue for years in the future.
The revolving nature of the funds and substantial state match contributions have greatly multiplied
the federal investment. EPA estimates that for every federal dollar contributed thus far the Nation
has received more than three dollars of investment in water infrastructure. As of June 2020, the
CWSRF Program has provided over $145 billion in affordable financing for a wide variety of
wastewater infrastructure and other water quality projects.67 In 2020, over 1,600 assistance
agreements were made with communities of all sizes, funding $7.5 billion in projects aimed at
treating wastewater, addressing stormwater runoff, tackling non-point source pollution, and
addressing a myriad of other environmental issues.68
65 For additional information, please see: https://www.epa.gov/cwsrf/state-revolving-fund-american-iron-and-steel-ais-
requirement.
66 For additional information, please see: http://www.epa.gov/cwsrf.
67 Clean Water State Revolving Fund National Information Management System. U.S. EPA, Office of Water, National Information
Management System Reports: Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). Washington, DC (As of June 30,2020).
68 Clean Water State Revolving Fund National Information Management System. U.S. EPA, Office of Water, National Information
Management System Reports: Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). Washington, DC (As of June 30,2020).
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In addition to capitalizing state revolving loan funds, the CWSRF appropriation includes a
provision for set-aside funding for tribes to address serious wastewater infrastructure needs and
associated health impacts. A portion of the CWSRF appropriation also is used to provide direct
grant funding for the District of Columbia and United States territories.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
This federal investment will continue to enable progress toward the Nation's clean water needs
and infrastructure priorities while creating good paying jobs. The infrastructure and other water
management projects receiving low interest loans and additional subsidization from the CWSRF
protect public health, strengthen the economy and local neighborhoods, and contribute to healthy
ecosystems. Historically underserved communities in particular benefit from the program because
of its low-cost financing and additional subsidization make these needed investments more
affordable.
EPA continues to work with states to meet several key objectives, such as:
Linking projects to environmental results;
Targeting assistance to small and underserved communities with limited ability to repay
loans; and
Ensuring the CWSRFs remain reliable sources of affordable funding.
In FY 2022, EPA is requesting over $1.87 billion to provide funding for critical wastewater
infrastructure through the CWSRF Program and over $3.2 billion for the Clean Water and Drinking
Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) combined. The increase of the CWSRF will accelerate
infrastructure replacement and investments. The investments support several priority areas
including climate change, environmental justice, and creating good paying jobs. The program will
encourage states to prioritize funding for projects focused on climate change resiliency. These
funding levels advance infrastructure repair and replacement and would allow states,
municipalities, and other eligible borrowers to continue to finance high-priority investments that
improve water quality and protect human health.
Elsewhere, EPA requests approximately $80 million for the Water Infrastructure Finance and
Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program. Through the WIFIA Program, EPA will make direct loans to
regionally or nationally significant water infrastructure projects. The combined investments of the
SRF s and WIFIA Program advance the Agency' s ongoing commitment to infrastructure repair and
replacement. These funds represent a major investment in water infrastructure and will create
thousands of good paying jobs across the country.
To help drive progress, EPA has targeted $8 billion in FY 2022 to increase the cumulative amount
of non-federal dollars leveraged by water infrastructure finance programs (CWSRF, DWSRF and
WIFIA). During FY 2018 and FY 2019, EPA increased the non-federal dollars leveraged by EPA
water infrastructure finance programs by $20 billion. This success is due to the collaborative
efforts of EPA, states, and local communities. As of March 2021, over $17.5 billion has been
leveraged in FY 2020 and FY 2021.
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The FY 2022 capitalization of the CWSRF would supplement the more than $145 billion in
assistance provided over the life of the Program. The assistance provided in 2020 from federal
capitalization, state contributions, and repayments was $7.5 billion.
EPA requests that an amount equal to 10-20 percent of the total CWSRF capitalization grant funds
made available to each state be used to provide additional subsidization to eligible recipients in
the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination of
these). These funds may be used to address infrastructure needs in marginalized and low-income
communities, in addition to those facing environmental justice issues. In addition to capitalizing
the CWSRF Program, a portion of the appropriation also will provide direct grants to communities
within the tribes and territories. These communities are in great need of assistance given that their
sanitation infrastructure lags behind the rest of the country, causing significant public health
concerns. To ensure sufficient resources are directed toward these communities that face additional
challenges, EPA continues to request a tribal set-aside of 2 percent, or $30 million, whichever is
greatest, of the funds appropriated in FY 2022. EPA also continues to request a territories set-aside
of 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated from the CWSRF Program for American Samoa, Guam,
the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas, and the United States Virgin Islands.
EPA requests that up to $2 million of the tribal set-aside be used for training and technical
assistance related to the operation and management of tribal wastewater treatment works. EPA
also requests the ability to use the tribal and territorial set-asides to support planning and design
of treatment works and for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately-owned
decentralized wastewater treatment systems serving one or more principal residences or small
commercial establishments (e.g., septic systems), authority similar to that already available to
states. Expanded support for planning and design will protect the federal investment in wastewater
infrastructure and ensure access to safe wastewater treatment for tribes and territories that face
significant challenges with sanitation infrastructure. The ability for both the tribes and territories
to construct, repair, or replace decentralized wastewater treatment systems will allow the flexibility
that these communities require to provide wastewater infrastructure that is appropriate for the
unique circumstances of each community.
In conjunction with this request, the FY 2022 President's Budget is submitting a proposal to
expand the authority of the existing small set-aside for the American Iron and Steel (AIS)
requirement from the CWSRF in order to fund future Clean Watershed Needs Surveys (CWNS).
The CWNS is a comprehensive assessment of the capital needs to meet the water quality goals in
response to Sections 205(a) and 516 of the Clean Water Act. This assessment and documentation
of future needs is critical in the effort to manage and fund our nation's wastewater infrastructure.
A comprehensive CWNS is an important tool for identifying critical water quality needs in
communities across the Nation, including small and disadvantaged communities, and opportunities
to invest in climate resiliency. The proposed appropriation language does not change the current
set-aside percentage, which has not needed to be fully utilized to cover current AIS program needs.
The current set-aside percentage of up to 0.25% of the CWSRF level will allow EPA to continue
to fully fund the required Clean Water AIS management and oversight activities and provide
reliable and sufficient resources to conduct the CWNS. The total FY 2022 budget authority need
for the CWNS is estimated to be $1.5 million.
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EPA will partner with states to ensure that the CWSRF Program continues to play an important
role in promoting efficient system-wide planning; improvements in technical, financial, and
managerial capacity; and the design, construction, and ongoing management of sustainable water
infrastructure. To streamline data collection and reduce reporting burden, EPA is working to
redesign the databases currently used to collect performance information about the CWSRF and
DWSRF Programs. The goal of this effort is to reduce reporting burden by eliminating redundancy
and providing a more user-friendly interface for states to submit data.
Performance Measure Targets:
(PMINFRA-01) Billions of non-federal dollars leveraged by EPA water
infrastructure finance programs (CWSRF, DWSRF and WIFIA).
FY 2021
Target
FY 2022
Target
8.0
8.0
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$231,854.0) This increase accelerates infrastructure replacement and investments. The
investments support several priority areas including climate change, environmental justice,
and creating good paying jobs. The program will encourage states to prioritize funding for
projects focused on climate change resiliency.
Statutory Authority:
Title VI of the Clean Water Act; Title V of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of
2014.
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Infrastructure Assistance: Drinking Water SRF
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
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$1,320,783.1
$1,126,088.0
$1,357,934.0
$231,846.0
Total Workyears
3.2
1.4
1.4
0.0
Program Project Description:
EPA's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) is designed to assist public water systems
finance the costs of drinking water infrastructure improvements needed to achieve or maintain
compliance with Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requirements, protect public health, and
support state and local efforts to protect drinking water. These funds provide critical infrastructure
necessary to ensure safe drinking water for all Americans while creating good paying jobs and
upgrading and modernizing America's drinking water systems. The 2015 Drinking Water
Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment (DWINSA), which is conducted every four years,
indicated a 20-year capital investment need of $472.6 billion for public water systems eligible to
receive funding from state DWSRF Programs. The capital investment need covers 49,250
community water systems (CWS), 21,400 not-for-profit non-community water systems
(NPNCWS), American Indian water systems, and Alaska Native Village (ANV) water systems.
The 2015 DWINSA need reflects costs for repairs and replacement of leaking transmission pipes
and deteriorated storage and treatment equipment, as well as new infrastructure and other projects,
e.g., replacing lead service lines, required to protect public health and ensure compliance with the
SDWA.
To reduce public health risks and help ensure safe and reliable delivery of drinking water
nationwide, EPA makes capitalization grants to states in order to provide low-cost loans and other
assistance to eligible public water systems and maintain robust drinking water protection
programs. In addition to maintaining the statutory focus on addressing the greatest public health
risks first, states can help those most in need on a per household basis according to state
affordability criteria and can utilize set-asides to assist small systems. To maintain a focus on
communities most in need, states are required to provide a portion of their capitalization grant as
additional subsidization to disadvantaged communities.
The DWSRF Program provides communities access to critical low-cost financing and offers a
subsidy to help utilities address long-term needs associated with water infrastructure. Most
DWSRF assistance is offered in the form of loans which water utilities repay from the revenues
they generate through the rates they charge their customers for service. Water utilities in many
communities may need to evaluate the rate at which they invest in drinking water infrastructure
repair and replacement to keep pace with their aging infrastructure, many of which may be
approaching the end of their lives.
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EPA works with states to ensure that DWSRF infrastructure and technical assistance funds are
available to water systems in disadvantaged communities that are at most risk. EPA emphasizes
assistance to projects which reduce lead and help water systems achieve resiliency to climate
change.
State Set-Asides
States have considerable flexibility to tailor their DWSRF program to their unique circumstances.
This flexibility ensures that each state can carefully and strategically consider how best to achieve
the maximum public health protection. To achieve this, states may set aside and award funds for
targeted activities that can help them implement and expand their drinking water programs. The
four DWSRF set-asides69 are: Small System Technical Assistance (up to two percent),
Administrative and Technical Assistance70 (up to four percent, $400 thousand or one-fifth percent
of the current valuation of the fund, whichever is greater), State Program Management (up to ten
percent), and Local Assistance and Other State Programs (up to fifteen percent). Taken together,
approximately 31 percent of a state's DWSRF capitalization grant may be set aside for activities
other than infrastructure construction. These set-asides enable states to improve water system
operation and management, emphasizing institutional capacity as a means of achieving sustainable
water system operations. Historically, the states have set aside an annual average of almost
seventeen percent of the funds awarded to them for program development, of which approximately
four percent is used to administer the program. Over the past three years, states have increased
their set-asides to approximately 23 percent.
Non-Federal Leveraging
The federal investment is designed to be used with other sources of funds to address drinking water
infrastructure needs. States are required to provide a 20 percent match for their capitalization grant.
Some states elect to leverage their capitalization grants through the public debt markets to enable
the state to provide more assistance. These features, including state match leveraging and the
revolving fund design of the Program, have enabled the states to provide assistance equal to 200
percent of the federal capitalization invested in the Program since its inception in 1997. In other
words, for every dollar the federal government invests in this Program, the states, in total, have
delivered two dollars in assistance to water systems. In addition, the DWSRF's rate of funds
utilized71 was 95.7 percent in 2020, nearly hitting its funds utilization target of 96 percent.
The FY 2022 capitalization of the DWSRF would supplement more than $44.7 billion in assistance
provided over the life of the Program. The assistance provided in 2020 from federal capitalization,
state contributions, and repayments was $3.6 billion.
69 For more information, please see: https://www.epa.gov/drinkingwatersrf/how-drinking-water-state-revolving-fund-works#tab-
5.
70 For more information, please see: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/612/text.
71 The cumulative dollar amount of loan agreements divided by cumulative funds available for projects.
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National Set-Asides
Prior to allotting funds to the states, EPA is required to reserve certain national level set-asides.72
Two million dollars must, by statute, be allocated to small systems monitoring for unregulated
contaminants to facilitate small water system compliance with the monitoring and reporting
requirements of the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR). In FY 2022, EPA
is requesting to set aside $12 million due to the resources needed to implement the new statutorily
mandated expansion of the UCMR program. Section 2021 of the America's Water Infrastructure
Act (AWIA) of 2018 requires, subject to availability of appropriations and adequate laboratory
capacity, all Public Water Systems (PWSs) serving 3,300 to 10,000 persons to monitor under
future UCMR cycles and ensure that a nationally representative sample of PWSs serving fewer
than 3,300 persons monitor under future UCMR cycles.
The 1996 SDWA established the current UCMR program including statutory provisions that
require EPA to coordinate and pay the monitoring costs for a representative selection of small
water systems that serve fewer than 10,000 individuals. Traditionally under this emerging
contaminant monitoring program, EPA would require sampling at 800 small water systems that
would be selected to represent the over 60,000 small water systems throughout the United States.
AWIA included statutory revisions further amending SDWA and mandating (subject to the
availability of appropriations) that EPA significantly expand the small water system monitoring
program. Starting with UCMR 5 (FY 2022-2026), the total number of small systems monitored
will increase 7.5 times, from 800 to 6,000. This will include all 5,200 public water systems that
serve between 3,300 and 10,000 individuals and a representative selection of 800 systems serving
fewer than 3,300 individuals.
EPA will direct up to two percent or $20 million, whichever is greater, of appropriated funds to
tribes and ANVs. These funds are awarded either directly to tribes or, on behalf of tribes, to the
Indian Health Service through interagency agreements. Additionally, EPA will continue to set
aside up to 1.5 percent for territories.
In addition, SDWA requires that no funds made available by a state DWSRF as authorized by
SDWA Section 1452 (42 U.S.C. 300J-12) shall be used for a project for the construction, alteration,
maintenance, or repair of a public water system unless all of the iron and steel products used in the
project are produced in the United States. The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the
funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for
carrying out the provisions for management and oversight of the requirements of this section.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
In FY 2022, EPA will work to increase by $8 billion the cumulative amount of non-federal dollars
leveraged by water infrastructure finance programs (CWSRF, DWSRF and WIFIA). For FY 2022,
EPA requests approximately $1.36 billion for the DWSRF to help finance critical infrastructure
improvement projects to public drinking water systems. The funding will accelerate infrastructure
replacements and investments. The investments support several priority areas including climate
72 Safe Drinking Water Act Sections 1452(i)(l), 1452(i)(2), 1452(j), and 1452(o), as amended.
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change, environmental justice, and creating good paying jobs. The program will encourage states
to prioritize funding for projects focused on climate change resiliency. In FY 2022, EPA requests
over $3.2 billion for the Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs),
combined. The SRF infrastructure budget, combined with the funding provided by the Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program, provides robust funding for critical
drinking and wastewater infrastructure.
Along with the FY 2022 budget, President Biden's American Jobs Plan supports aging water
systems that threaten public health in thousands of communities nationwide. To eliminate all lead
pipes and service lines in the country, this proposal invests $45 billion in the DWSRF and in Water
Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN) grants. In addition to reducing lead
exposure in the homes, this investment also will reduce lead exposure in 400,000 schools and
childcare facilities. The investment also will allow funding recipients to conduct lead service line
surveys to know where to target replacement.
The requested funding level reflects the documented needs for drinking water infrastructure and
the need to improve infrastructure in small and disadvantaged communities. EPA will continue to
foster its strong partnership with the states to provide small system technical assistance with a
focus on compliance with rules, operational efficiencies, and system sustainability to ensure clean
and safe water. In FY 2022, EPA also will continue to expand local utilities' and existing state
programs' knowledge of the funding options available to meet future infrastructure needs.
EPA will continue to work to target a significant portion of assistance from SRFs to small and
disadvantaged communities with limited ability to repay loans. In FY 2022, EPA will work with
states to ensure that the mandated SDWA requirement for additional subsidization is met. SDWA
requires that states provide subsidization to assist disadvantaged communities of six percent to 35
percent of the state's capitalization grant, and in recent appropriations Congress also has mandated
an additional level of subsidization.
In FY 2022, the DWSRF Program will continue to implement the Clean Water and Drinking Water
Infrastructure Sustainability Policy. This policy focuses on promoting system-wide planning that
helps align water infrastructure system goals, analyzing a range of infrastructure alternatives,
including energy efficient alternatives, and ensuring that systems have the financial capacity and
rate structures to construct, operate, maintain, and replace infrastructure over time.
In FY 2022, EPA is continuing emphasis on strengthening small system technical, managerial, and
financial capability through the Capacity Development Program, the Operator Certification
Program, the Public Water System Supervision State Grant Program, and the DWSRF. The
Capacity Development Program establishes a framework within which states and water systems
can work together to help these small systems achieve the SDWA's public health protection
objectives. The state Capacity Development Programs are supported federally by the Public Water
System Supervision state grant funds and the set-asides established in the DWSRF. In FY 2022,
EPA will continue to work with states to review and update their capacity development strategies
to include asset management as required by AWIA.
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EPA also is seeking more efficient use of federal infrastructure funds by empowering communities
to increase water infrastructure investments and non-federal dollars leveraged by water
infrastructure finance programs (Clean Water and Drinking Water SRF and WIFIA) to repair and
modernize the outdated American water infrastructure.
Performance Measure Targets:73
(PM DW-02) Community water systems still out of compliance with health-
based standards since September 30,2017.
FY 2021
Target
FY 2022
Target
875
701
(PM INFRA-01) Billions of non-federal dollars leveraged by EPA water
infrastructure finance programs (CWSRF, DWSRF and WIFIA).
FY 2021
Target
FY 2022
Target
8.0
8.0
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$231,846.0) This program change increases funding to accelerate water infrastructure
replacements and investments. The investment supports several priority areas including
climate change, environmental justice, and creating good paying jobs.
Statutory Authority:
Safe Drinking Water Act § 1452.
73 The Agency has made a technical correction to the baseline for the long-term performance goal associated with this program.
The adjusted long-term performance goal is "By September 30, 2022, reduce the number of community water systems still in
noncompliance with health-based standards since September 30, 2017, to 701."
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Gold King Mine Water Monitoring
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
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FY 2022 Pres
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S-t.000.0
S-t.000.0
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Total Budget Authority
$3,280.3
$4,000.0
$4,000.0
$0.0
Total Workyears
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
Program Project Description:
The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 (WIIN) was enacted to help
communities address numerous drinking water and wastewater infrastructure issues as well as
improving water quality across the country.
The FY 2022 request of $4 million will continue to fund the Gold King Mine Program (also
referred to as the San Juan Watershed Program). This program was established under Section 5004
of the WIIN Act. EPA and the states and tribes in the San Juan watershedArizona, Colorado,
New Mexico, Utah, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and Southern Ute Indian Tribeare
working together to monitor water quality and use the best available data and
science to continue improving water quality74.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
EPA, in collaboration with state and tribal partners, will continue to monitor and inform
stakeholders about water quality and are preparing to fund pollution prevention and restoration
projects that will seek to restore the watershed.
Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
There is no change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, Title IV, § 5004(d); Clean Water Act §
106.
74 For more information, please see: http://www.epa.gov/Sanjuanwatershed.
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Infrastructure Assistance: Mexico Border
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
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Total Budget Authority
$26,854.8
$30,000.0
$30,000.0
$0.0
Program Project Description:
EPA works collaboratively with United States (U.S.) federal, state, and local partners and the
Mexican water agency - CONAGUA - through the U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure
Program to fund planning, design, and construction of high-priority water and wastewater
treatment facilities for underserved communities along the border. Investments in wastewater and
drinking water infrastructure in communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico Border reduce
disease and health care costs associated with exposure to raw sewage and drinking water
contaminants causing acute and chronic illnesses. U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure
projects stimulate local economies through public health-related economic gains, job creation, and
increased demand for goods and services.
Untreated sewage flowing north into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexicali, and Nogales pollutes
important water bodies like the Tijuana, New River, and Santa Cruz rivers. Untreated sewage also
pollutes shared waters, such as the Rio Grande, Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico. The close
proximity and intermingling of border communities that have poor quality drinking water and
sanitation poses a serious risk of disease transmission. The U.S. and Mexico share more than two
thousand miles of common border from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean and over 62 miles
on either side of the international border. The border region is home to more than 15.2 million
people with about 8 million living in the U.S. (U.S. Census Bureau 2017 estimates) and more than
7 million living in Mexico's Border Municipalities (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia-
INEGI, 2015 estimate). Twenty-six U.S. federally recognized Native American tribes also are
located in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
To date, the program has funded 136 projects. More than nine million people are benefiting from
101 completed projects, and nearly 1.3 million people will benefit from projects currently under
construction. Since 2003, the program has provided approximately 61,021 homes with first time
access to safe drinking water and around 891,732 homes with first time access to wastewater
collection/treatment.
The EPA's Border Water Infrastructure Program is unique among federal funding programs. It is
the only federal program that can fund projects on both sides of the border. Citizens of the U.S.
benefit from all projects since all funded projects must demonstrate that they will provide a positive
public health and/or environmental benefit to the U.S., whether the project is located in the U.S.
or Mexico. For example, a wastewater project in Mexico can only be funded if that sewage would
otherwise contaminate a U.S. waterbody. Treating these waters after they have been contaminated
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and have crossed the border into the U.S. is neither technically feasible nor financially viable. The
Agency's investments in the Mexican side projects have represented only a third of the total project
construction costs, while leveraging two thirds of the remaining total costs from the Mexican
government and other funding sources, and preventing contamination from raw sewage discharges
in shared waters. The EPA's investment leverages Mexican funds for the benefit of the U.S. If not
for the Agency' s investment, Mexican funds would likely be invested in other parts of Mexico that
do not directly benefit the U.S. Preventing raw sewage discharges to shared water resources is
especially critical in a region that is already facing water scarcity challenges.
The close bi-national cooperation in this program has improved public health and water quality.
Improving access to clean and safe water is a key focus of the Border 2020 Plan, the bi-national
agreement that guides efforts to improve environmental conditions in the U.S.-Mexico Border
region.
The U.S.-Mexico Border Program is one of the few federal programs that assists communities in
the planning and design of water and sanitation infrastructure projects. Planning and design are
essential to advance projects to a construction ready stage, create sustainable communities and
access public and private funding. Twenty-six projects with construction costs of approximately
$13 1.6 million are currently in planning and design. More than 2.4 million border residents will
benefit once all these projects are complete.
U. S.-Mexico Border communities are looking to EPA as a last-resort funding source when utilities,
cities, or states are not able to fully finance needed infrastructure improvements. The program
serves communities that often lack the debt capacity to apply for other funding sources, including
EPA's State Revolving Funds. To improve opportunities for communities to request funding
support for these critical investment needs, in FY 2017, EPA, in coordination with the North
American Development Bank, modified the process to allow for applications to be submitted on a
continuous basis through an on-line format available 24 hours a day and seven days per week.
Since 2017, a total of 31 applications have been selected and are currently in development or
construction. Those applications represent an estimated construction investment need of over $300
million. The program continues to receive new applications and evaluates these on, at least, a
quarterly basis.
EPA investments in these wastewater projects are protecting public health from waterborne
diseases and have been a key factor in significant water quality improvements in U.S. waterbodies,
such as the Rio Grande (Texas and New Mexico), Santa Cruz River (Arizona), New River
(California), and Tijuana River and Pacific Ocean (California). In both the New River and the
middle Rio Grande, for example, fecal coliform levels have dropped by over 80 percent (as a result
of jointly funded wastewater treatment plants built in Mexicali and Ojinaga, Mexico, respectively).
California beaches in the border region that were once closed throughout the year due to
wastewater pollution from Mexico now remain open throughout the summer, resulting in
decreased health risks to beachgoers and an economic benefit for local governments. The Santa
Cruz River now supports a healthy fish population where a few years ago only bloodworms
thrived.
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FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
With the requested $30 million for FY 2022, the U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure
Program will continue to fund high-priority water and wastewater infrastructure projects. Projects
that receive funding have been evaluated and ranked using a risk-based prioritization system,
which enables the program to direct grant funding to projects that demonstrate human health
benefits, cost-effectiveness, institutional capacity, and sustainability. EPA coordinates at local,
national, and bi-national levels to assess the environmental needs and make prioritized funding
decisions. All program funding will be invested in projects that, whether located in the U.S. or
Mexico, provide a positive public health and/or environmental benefit to the U.S. The U. S. benefits
include improved quality of U.S. water bodies and shared waters and reduced health risk to the
U.S. population. The demonstration of a U.S. benefit is one of the fundamental eligibility criteria
for projects seeking program assistance.
The U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure Program will continue to work with the ten border
states (four U.S. and six Mexican) and local communities to improve the region's water quality
and public health. The U.S. and Mexican governments will collaborate on water infrastructure
projects to reduce health risks to residents, including sensitive populations of children and elders,
many of whom currently lack access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Additionally, by
providing homes with access to basic sanitation, EPA and its partners will reduce the discharge of
untreated wastewater into surface water and groundwater.
FY 2022 funding will be allocated to a portion of the construction of projects that have completed
planning and design and are ready to move to construction. Final decisions on the use of FY 2022
funding will be based on balancing the construction needs of fully designed projects with the
planning and design needs of prioritized projects.
Performance Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
There is no change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
Treaty entitled "Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States
on Cooperation for the Protection and Improvement of the Environment in the Border Area,
August 14, 1983".
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Targeted Airshed Grants
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
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Total Budget Authority
$61,066.4
$59,000.0
$59,000.0
$0.0
Program Project Description:
This program awards competitive grant funding to reduce air pollution in nonattainment areas that
were ranked as the top five most polluted areas relative to ozone, annual average fine particulate
matter (PM2.5), or 24-hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). In FY 2020,
over $56 million in competitive grant funds were allocated for this program. This program assists
air pollution control agencies in conducting emission reduction activities in these nonattainment
areas. The overall goal of the Targeted Airshed Grant Program is to reduce air pollution in the
Nation's areas with the highest levels of ozone and PM2.5 ambient air concentrations.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
Work in this program directly supports the President's priorities to tackle the climate crisis and
advance environmental justice. The targeted airshed grant program provides funding to air
pollution control agencies with responsibilities for the State Implementation Plan (SIP) or Tribal
Implementation Plan (TIP) for the eligible nonattainment areas. This program can fund any
activities that achieve documentable emission reductions to assist applicable nonattainment areas
meet the NAAQS.
Air pollution control agencies that have responsibilities for these areas will continue to implement
projects that improve the air quality in the listed nonattainment areas. Expected projects include:
Replacing vehicles, engines, or equipment;
Replacing or retrofitting heat devices (e.g., wood burning stoves, fireplaces); and
Other proj ects that achieve quantifiable emission reductions for the applicable pollutant(s),
such as road paving, providing dry seasoned wood, and other residential wood smoke
reduction activities.
Anticipated projects will achieve demonstrable reductions in air pollutants that contribute to the
nonattainment status of the eligible areas, including reductions in direct PM2.5, NOx, volatile
organic compounds (VOCs), SO2, and/or ammonia. They will provide direct health and
environmental benefits to communities. Priority funding for these grants go to emission reduction
projects that promote environmental justice in eligible nonattainment areas based on how well the
projects will effectively address the disproportionate and adverse cumulative impacts (human
health, environmental, climate-related and others) that have affected and/or currently affect
people/communities of color, low income, tribal, and indigenous populations.
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Over their lifetime, the projects funded by the thirteen FY 2019/FY 2020 Targeted Airshed Grants
that were awarded are estimated to reduce total emissions of particulate matter by approximately
5,600 tons and ozone precursors by approximately 6,700 tons.
Performance Measure Targets:
EPA's FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan does not include annual performance goals specific to
this program.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
There is no change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260.
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Safe Water for Small & Disadvantaged Communities
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
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$14,182.4
$26,408.0
$41,413.0
$15,005.0
Total Workyears
1.3
1.0
1.0
0.0
Program Project Description:
The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 (WIIN) was enacted to help
communities address numerous drinking water and wastewater infrastructure and compliance
issues around the country. The 2018 America's Water Infrastructure Act, authorizes EPA to award
Assistance for Small and Disadvantaged Communities Drinking Water Grants to states to assist
public water systems in underserved, small and disadvantaged communities that are unable to
finance activities needed to comply with the National Drinking Water Regulations as well as
respond to drinking water contaminants.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
To assist small and disadvantaged communities with improving their drinking water resources,
EPA is requesting $41.4 million in FY 2022. The $15 million increase will provide additional grant
funding and reflects the President's priority of addressing lead and other contaminants in drinking
water, especially in small and disadvantaged communities. These grants are awarded as non-
competitive grants to states, with a separate tribal allotment. The grant program provides assistance
to underserved communities that have no household drinking water or wastewater services or are
served by a public water system that violates or exceeds any maximum containment level,
treatment technique, or action level. Projects eligible for assistance include those designed to return
a public water system to compliance; efforts that benefit disadvantaged communities on a per
household basis; programs to provide household water quality testing, including testing for
unregulated contaminants; and activities necessary for a state to respond to a contaminant.
Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports Safe Drinking Water Act implementation and compliance
performance results in the Drinking Water Programs under the EPM appropriation to support safe
drinking water for the Nation.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$3.0) This change to fixed and other costs is an increase due to the recalculation of base
workforce costs for existing FTE due to annual payroll increases, adjustments to provide
essential workforce support, and changes to benefits costs.
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(+$15,002.0) This increase provides additional grant funding and reflects the President's
priority of addressing lead and other contaminants in drinking water, especially in small
and disadvantaged communities. These funds have been identified as climate and
environmental justice priorities.
Statutory Authority:
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, Title IV, Section 2104; Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L.116-260.
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Reducing Lead in Drinking Water
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
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.S 21,511.0
S.S7.51x0
ShO.004.0
Total Budget Authority
$3,342.0
$21,511.0
$81,515.0
$60,004.0
Total Workyears
1.3
1.0
1.0
0.0
Program Project Description:
The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 (WIIN) was enacted to help
communities address numerous drinking water and wastewater infrastructure issues around the
country.
The Reducing Lead in Drinking Water grant program was established in Section 2105 of WIIN.
Objectives of the grant program are to reduce the concentration of lead in drinking water by: 1)
replacing publicly owned lead service lines; 2) identifying and addressing conditions that
contribute to increased concentration of lead in drinking water; and 3) providing assistance to low-
income homeowners to replace lead service lines. Priority will be given to applications from
disadvantaged communities. In FY 2020, EPA announced the availability of $40.0 million in grant
funding to assist disadvantaged communities with removing sources of lead in drinking water from
drinking water systems and schools. In FY 2021, EPA selected ten projects to award the funding
and address the objectives of the grant in disadvantaged communities across the Nation.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
Work in this program directly supports efforts related to the reduction of lead exposures and
associated health impacts in disadvantaged communities through infrastructure and/or treatment
improvements in public drinking water systems, or the remediation and/or replacement of drinking
water infrastructure in schools and childcare facilities. The FY 2022 request includes $81.5 million
for the Reducing Lead in Drinking Water grant program. Funding will be used to provide grants
to eligible entities for lead reduction projects in the United States. This increase will allow EPA to
fund an additional 10-15 projects across the country.
Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports the Safe Drinking Water Act implementation and compliance
performance results in the Drinking Water Programs under the EPM appropriation to support safe
drinking water for the Nation.
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FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$2.0) This change to fixed and other costs is an increase due to the recalculation of base
workforce costs for existing FTE due to annual payroll increases, adjustments to provide
essential workforce support, and changes to benefits costs.
(+$60,002.0) This program change increases funding to support the President's priority of
addressing lead in drinking water, especially in small and disadvantaged communities.
These funds have been identified as climate and environmental justice priorities.
Statutory Authority:
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, Title IV, Section 2105; Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260.
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Lead Testing in Schools
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
S/n/f and Tribal Assistance (irants
S 52JV0.5
.S 20.500.0
SMt.500.0
SI0.000.0
Total Budget Authority
$52,196.5
$26,500.0
$36,500.0
$10,000.0
Program Project Description:
The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 (WIIN) was enacted to help
communities address numerous drinking water and wastewater infrastructure issues. The
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) strengthened many existing programs within
EPA, including a number of programs authorized by WIIN, while creating new programs to tackle
significant public health concerns and environmental needs.
The Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing Grant Program was established in Section
2107 of WIIN and amended by Section 2006 of AWIA. Objectives of the grant program are to
reduce childhood exposure to lead in drinking water by helping states target funding to schools
and childcare programs unable to pay for testing and establishing best practices for preventing lead
in drinking water. In FY 2019, EPA awarded $43.7 million in funding for the Program for all 50
states and the District of Columbia. In FY 2020 and FY 2021, EPA announced $26.0 million and
$26.5 million, respectively, for the Program, continuing work in funding the states, the District of
Columbia, and new participants such as Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the United States
Virgin Islands, to implement the program.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
In FY 2022, EPA is requesting $36.5 million to continue providing grants to assist local
educational agencies in voluntary testing of lead contamination in drinking water at schools and
childcare programs. The FY 2022 increase will support the President's priority on addressing lead
in drinking water, especially in small and disadvantaged communities. The goals of the grant
program are to: reduce children's exposure to lead in drinking water; help states target funding
toward schools unable to pay for testing; utilize the Training, Testing, and Taking Action (3Ts)
approach to establish best practices for a lead in drinking water prevention program; foster
sustainable partnerships at the state and local level to allow for more efficient use of existing
resources and exchange of information among experts in various education and health sectors; and
enhance community, parent, and teacher cooperation and trust. The additional $10.0 million will
improve drinking water quality for vulnerable populations and help schools better protect children
in small and disadvantaged communities from adverse effects of lead in drinking water.
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Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports Safe Drinking Water Act implementation and compliance
performance results in the Drinking Water Programs under the EPM appropriation to support safe
drinking water for the Nation.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$10,000.0) This program change increases resources to support the President's priority
on addressing lead in drinking water and providing additional funds to states to target
funding to schools and childcare programs that are unable to pay for testing and
establishing best practices for preventing lead in drinking water, especially in small and
disadvantaged communities.
Statutory Authority:
Safe Drinking Water Act § 1464(d), as amended by AWIA, Pub. L. 115-270 § 2006.
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Drinking Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
S/n/f and Tribal Assistance (irants
so.o
S-t,000.0
SV.000.0
St. 000.0
Total Budget Authority
$0.0
$4,000.0
$9,000.0
$5,000.0
Program Project Description:
The America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) was enacted to help address numerous
drinking water and wastewater issues in both small and large communities across the United States.
AWIA strengthened many existing programs within EPA while creating new programs to tackle
significant public health concerns and environmental needs. These programs are vital to protecting
public health, continuing to grow the American economy, and ensuring that rural and urban
communities from coast-to-coast can thrive. AWIA mandates range from the creation of grant
programs to promoting water quality workforce development.
Section 2005 of AWIA required EPA to establish a competitive grant program to assist eligible
entities in the planning, design, construction, implementation, operation, or maintenance of a
program or project that increases resilience to natural hazards. AWIA mandates continue to be
critical to achieving the Administration's priorities by increasing water infrastructure investment
and improving drinking water and water quality especially in underserved and disadvantaged
communities across the country.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
The FY 2022 request includes $9.0 million to fund the Drinking Water Infrastructure Resilience
and Sustainability Grant Program. This request supports the President's priority of assisting
eligible entities in the planning, design, construction, implementation, operation, or maintenance
of a program or project that increases resilience to natural hazards.
Program activities in FY 2022 include the conservation of water or the enhancement of water use
efficiency; the modification or relocation of existing drinking water system infrastructure, or that
is at risk of being significantly impaired by natural hazards, including risks to drinking water from
flooding; the design or construction of desalination facilities to serve existing communities; the
enhancement of water supply through the use of watershed management and source water
protection; the enhancement of energy efficiency or the use and generation of renewable energy
in the conveyance or treatment of drinking water; or the development and implementation of
activities to increase the resilience of the eligible entity to natural hazards. The FY 2022 increase
will allow EPA to fund more projects across the country, accelerating the pace of water systems
strengthening their resilience.
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Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports performance results in the Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund and Categorial Grant: Public Water System Supervision Programs under the STAG
appropriation and the Drinking Water Programs under the EPM appropriation to support safe
drinking water for the Nation.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$5,000.0) This program change increases support for water infrastructure in communities,
ensuring access to safe drinking water and supports the President's priority of assisting eligible
entities in the planning, design, construction, implementation, operation, or maintenance of a
program or project that increases resilience to natural hazards. These funds have been
identified as a climate priority and will allow EPA to fund more projects across the country,
accelerating the pace of water systems strengthening their resilience.
Statutory Authority:
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, P.L. 115-270, Section 2005.
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Technical Assistance for Treatment Works
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
S/n/f and Tribal Assistance (irants
so.o
SIS. 000.0
SIS.000.0
SO.O
Total Budget Authority
$0.0
$18,000.0
$18,000.0
$0.0
Program Project Description:
The America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) was enacted to help address numerous
drinking water and wastewater issues at large projects and small rural communities. AWIA
strengthens the federal government's ability to invest in water infrastructure in communities in
every state, so that all Americans can continue to have access to safe drinking water and our
Nation's waterways can remain clean and free from pollution. AWIA also strengthens many
existing programs within EPA while creating new programs to tackle significant public health
concerns and environmental needs. These programs are vital to protecting public health,
continuing to grow the American economy and ensuring that rural and urban communities from
coast-to-coast can thrive. Mandates range from the creation of grant programs to promoting water
quality workforce development. AWIA programs will help achieve the Administration's priorities
by increasing water infrastructure investment and improving drinking water and water quality
across the country.
Section 4103 of AWIA authorizes EPA to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to help rural,
small, and tribal municipalities to: 1) obtain Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
financing; 2) protect water quality and achieve and maintain compliance with the requirements of
the Clean Water Act (CWA); and 3) disseminate planning, design, construction, and operation
information for small publicly owned wastewater systems and decentralized wastewater treatment
systems. This training and technical assistance will assist small rural wastewater systems, many of
which are underserved and marginalized, to improve operational performance and sustainable
operations over the long term, thereby improving public health and water quality and protecting
infrastructure investments. This funding will provide training to operators, staff, and managers on
sustainable and effective management, financial, and operational practices.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
The FY 2022 President's budget request of $18.0 million will continue funding for the Technical
Assistance for Treatment Works Grant Program. The program supports the President's Executive
Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the
Federal Government. In FY 2022, EPA will continue to provide grants to nonprofit organizations
to support training and technical assistance to help rural, small, and tribal municipalities obtain
CWSRF financing, protect water quality and ensure CWA compliance, and share information on
planning, design, construction, and operation of wastewater systems. EPA anticipates making
awards of the FY 2021 resources by the end of calendar year 2021.
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Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports performance results in the Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund and Clean Water State Revolving Fund Programs under the STAG appropriation and the
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program under the WIFIA
appropriation.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
There is no change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
AWIA, P L. 115-270, Section 4103.
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Sewer Overflow Control Grants
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
S/n/f and Tribal Assistance (irants
S5V.2
.S -tO.000.0
suo.ooo.o
S20.000.0
Total Budget Authority
$59.2
$40,000.0
$60,000.0
$20,000.0
Program Project Description:
The America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) was enacted to help address numerous
drinking water and wastewater issues at large projects and small rural communities. AWIA
strengthens the federal government's ability to invest in water infrastructure in communities in
every state, so that all Americans can continue to have access to safe drinking water and our
Nation's waterways can remain clean and free from pollution. AWIA strengthens many existing
programs within EPA while creating new programs to tackle significant public health concerns
and environmental needs. These programs are vital to protecting public health, continuing to grow
the American economy, and ensuring that rural and urban communities from coast-to-coast can
thrive. Mandates range from the creation of grant programs to promoting water quality workforce
development. AWIA programs will help achieve the Administration's priorities by increasing
water infrastructure investment and improving drinking water and water quality across the country.
The Sewer Overflow and Storm water Reuse Municipal Grant (OSG) Program provides grants to
fund projects at treatment works that reduce the incidence of combined sewer overflows, sanitary
sewer overflows, stormwater issues, and strengthen climate resiliency. Many underserved and
marginalized communities face these issues and may benefit from the work funded by these grants.
EPA aims to issue grant awards for this program beginning in FY 2021.
On February 24, 2021, EPA published a Federal Register Notice establishing the allocation
formula for the upcoming OSG program. This formula describes how EPA will distribute program
funds for the states. District of Columbia, and the United States territories to provide grants to
municipalities to manage combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, and stormwater
flows.75
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
The FY 2022 request includes $60 million for the OSG program. The $20 million increase will be
used to help local officials mitigate the impact of extreme weather events on the neighborhoods
and livelihoods of their residents. As these events can have a disparate impact on residents of
disadvantaged communities, this investment supports the Administration's priority for
environmental justice.
75 For more information please visit: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/24/2021-Q3756/state-formula-
allocations-for-sewer-overflow-and-stormwater-reuse-grants.
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Section 4106 of AWIA re-authorizes and amends the OSG program components for addressing
sewer overflows and stormwater management. EPA will award grants using a formula that
captures stormwater needs.76 To the extent eligible projects exist, 20 percent of the appropriated
funds must be for projects utilizing green infrastructure, water and energy efficiency
improvements, or other innovative activities.
Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports performance results in the Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund and Clean Water State Revolving Fund Programs under the STAG appropriation and the
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program under the WIFIA
appropriation.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
(+$20,000.0) This program change increases resources to help local officials mitigate the
impact of extreme weather events on the infrastructure and management of combined
sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, and stormwater issues. As these events can
have a disparate impact on residents of disadvantaged communities, this investment
supports the Administration's priority for environmental justice.
Statutory Authority:
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, P.L.
Act (33 USC 1301).
115-270, Section 4106, Sec 221 Clean Water
16 For more information please visit: https://www.epa. gov/cwsrf/sewer-overflow-and-stormwater-reuse-municipal-grants-program.
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Water Infrastructure and Workforce Investment
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2020
Actuals
FY 2021
Enacted
FY 2022 Pres
Budget
FY 2022 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2021 Enacted
S/n/f and Tribal Assistance (irants
sd.d
SXDDD.D
S3.DDD.D
SD.D
Total Budget Authority
$0.0
$3,000.0
$3,000.0
$0.0
Program Project Description:
The America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) was enacted to help address numerous
drinking water and wastewater issues at large projects and in small rural communities. AWIA
strengthens the federal government's ability to invest in water infrastructure in communities in
every state, so that all Americans can continue to have access to safe drinking water and our
Nation's waterways can remain clean and free from pollution. AWIA also strengthens many
existing programs within EPA while creating new programs to tackle significant public health
concerns and environmental needs. These programs are vital to protecting public health,
continuing to grow the American economy and ensuring that rural and urban communities from
coast-to-coast can thrive. Mandates range from the creation of grant programs to promoting water
quality workforce development. AWIA programs will help achieve the Administration's priorities
through increasing water infrastructure investment and improving drinking water and water quality
across the country.
Section 4304 of AWIA required EPA, in consultation with the United States Department of
Agriculture, to establish a competitive grant program to promote water utility workforce
development and increase public awareness of water utilities and careers. AWIA authorizes EPA
to select experienced and qualified non-profit, labor, or educational institutions that can address
diverse types of water utilities. The Program will assist in the development and utilization of
activities related to workforce development and career opportunities in the water utility sector.
Providing this funding promotes the direct connection to industry employers for a skilled and
diverse workforce. Water and wastewater utilities provide a unique opportunity to offer high-
quality careers and it is imperative to invest in a skilled and diverse workforce for the future.
FY 2022 Activities and Performance Plan:
The FY 2022 request of $3.0 million continues funding for the innovative Water Infrastructure and
Workforce Development Investment Grant Program, to: 1) assist in the development and use of
innovative activities relating to water workforce development and career opportunities in the
drinking water and wastewater utility sector and 2) expand public awareness about drinking water
and wastewater utilities and to connect individuals to careers in the drinking water and wastewater
utility sector.77 Program funding can support activities such as internship, pre-apprenticeship,
apprenticeship, and post-secondary bridge programs; education programs for elementary,
77For more information, please see: https://www.epa. gov/sustainable-water-infrastructure/innovative-water-infrastructure-
workforce-development-program.
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secondary, and higher education students; regional industry and workforce collaboratives;
secondary integrated learning laboratories; and leadership development.
Performance Measure Targets:
Work under this program supports performance results in the Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund and Clean Water State Revolving Fund Programs under the STAG appropriation and the
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program under the WIFIA
appropriation.
FY 2022 Change from FY 2021 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
There is no change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
42 U.S.C. 300j-19e, AWIA, P.L. 115-270, Section 4304.
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