EPA Region 7 Community Information Digest July 2022

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Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people
regardless of race, color, national origin or income, with respect to the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.
This goal will be achieved when everyone enjoys:

1. The same degree of protection from environmental and health
hazards, and

2. Equal access to the decision-making process to have a healthy
environment In which to live, learn and work.

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Headlines

EPA Announces $375 Million in Funding from Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law for New Recycling. Reuse and Waste
Prevention Grant Programs and Initiatives

EPA announced $375 million in funding through President Biden's Bipartisan
PO Infrastructure Law for new recycling, reuse, and waste prevention programs.

A The Agency published three Requests for Information seeking input on the

jfT fe I - I design of these new materials management initiatives, the first step in the

process to implement the largest EPA investment in recycling in 30 years.
Through the Requests for Information, EPA is asking all interested individuals
and organizations to share their perspectives on resources, opportunities, and barriers related to reducing, reusing,
and recycling infrastructure, education and outreach programs and battery recycling and collection.

DOE to Support Clean Energy Transition in 12 Remote and
Island Communities

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on June 14, 2022, it will
work with 12 competitively selected remote and island communities around the
United States to help strengthen their energy infrastructure, reduce the risk of
outages, and improve their future energy and economic outlook. Through the
Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project (ETIPP), DOE and its national
and regional partners will support projects in communities that, due to their

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geographic isolation, often face high energy costs and vulnerable energy infrastructure due to their increased risk of
natural disasters and climate change. ETIPP further supports the Biden administration's goal of ensuring an equitable
transition to a carbon-pollution free future. Watch this video to learn more about the ETIPP program.

DOE Launches Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's $8 Billion Program for Clean Hvdroaen
Hubs Across U.S.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a Notice of Intent (NOI) to fund the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's
$8 billion program to develop regional clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) across America. H2Hubs will create networks
of hydrogen producers, consumers, and local connective infrastructure to accelerate the use of hydrogen as a clean
energy carrier. The production, processing, delivery, storage, and end-use of clean hydrogen, including innovative
uses in the industrial sector, is crucial to DOE's strategy for achieving President Biden's goal of a 100% clean electri-
cal grid by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Report Environmental Violations

Please contact EPA if you see what appears to be a possible violation of an environmental law or regulation. Environmental Justice
Hotline: toll-free at 1 -800-962-6215 or email at EJHotline@eDa.aov
More information, visit: EPA Hotlines

Funding and Technical Assistance Opportunities

Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Climate Resilience 2022 Annual Awards Program Request for
Proposals - $46 Million
Due date: July 6, 2022

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Trust Services, Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience (TCR Branch), solicits
proposals from federally recognized tribes and authorized tribal organizations to receive awards to support: 1) tribal
climate resilience planning and strategy implementation, and 2) ocean and coastal management planning. The
Branch supports tribes as they prepare for climate change impacts on Tribal Treaty and Trust resources, economies,
regenerative agriculture and food sovereignty, conservation practices, infrastructure, and human health and safety.
The Branch's Annual Awards Program will provide funding for projects that support tribal climate resilience as tribes
incorporate science, including Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK), Indigenous languages, and
technical information. Description

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's FY22 Desalination and Water Purification Research fDWPR)
Program: Pitch to Pilot
Due date: July 12, 2022

America the Beautiful Challenge
Due date: July 21, 2022

The America the Beautiful Challenge coordinates funding from multiple federal agencies and private philanthropy into
one competitive grant program. It is a public-private grant program for locally led ecosystem restoration projects that
invest in watershed restoration, resilience, equitable access, workforce development, corridors and connectivity, and
collaborative conservation, consistent with the America the Beautiful Initiative.

DOE Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program - $550 Million
Due date: TBD

This U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding is meant to assist states, local governments, and tribes to reduce
energy use, reduce fossil fuel emissions, and improve energy efficiency. The estimated program opening date is fourth
quarter 2022. Contact stateandlocal@ha.doe.aov with any questions.

EPA Regions Announce $1.13 Million in Regional Source Reduction Assistance Grant

Opportunities

Due date: July 22, 2022

EPA is announcing a grant funding opportunity for EPA Regions 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10 to advance innovative, cost-
effective, and replicable source reduction approaches that save energy and water, reduce pollution,

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and improve human health and the environment. Source reduction, also known as pollution prevention (P2), means
preventing pollution at the source rather than managing waste after it is produced. EPA Region 7 (Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, and Nebraska) anticipates awarding approximately 1 to 4 grants, ranging from approximately $40,000 to
$180,000, subject to the availability of funds, quality of applications received, and other applicable considerations.
There is a total of $1,135,000 in federal funds available across all participating EPA Regions. Applications require
a cost share or match of 5% of the federal funds requested. EPA is particularly interested in receiving applications
for projects that are designed to achieve measurable reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, result in reduced
generation and use of hazardous materials, address reducing use of natural resources such as energy or water,
and support environmental justice for underserved communities. An informational webinar on this funding program
will be held on Monday, June 13, at 1:30 p.m. CDT. You can register for this webinar at https://usepa.zoomaov.
com/i/1603847538. If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Dunning, Region 7 Interim Pollution Prevention
Program Coordinator, at dunnina.lisa@epa.aov.

DOT Federal Highway Administration's Bridge Investment Program - Planning. Bridge
Projects, and Large Bridge Projects
Due date: July 25, 2022

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Fiscal Year 2022 Choice
Neighborhoods Planning Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity
Due date: July 28, 2022

Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants support the development of comprehensive plans to revitalize severely
distressed public housing and/or HUD-assisted housing and the surrounding neighborhood. Communities will develop
a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy, or Transformation Plan, to achieve the program's three core
goals: housing, people and neighborhood. The Transformation Plan will become the guiding document to carry out
subsequent implementation of the plan for the target housing units, while simultaneously directing the transformation of
the surrounding neighborhood and positive outcomes for families. HUD Choice Neighborhoods

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's FY 2023 WaterSMART Water and Efficiency Grants in the West
Due date: July 28, 2022

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency's
Fiscal Year 2022 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA Swift Current) for Louisiana. Mississippi-
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania (States Affected bv Hurricane Ida
Due date: Aug. 1, 2022

Provides pre-disaster funds to reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings and structures
insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

New Funding Opportunity to Study Locally Based Energy
Due date: Aug. 1, 2022

The U.S Department of Energy announced $10 million in funding for tools that help decision-makers evaluate energy
systems that produce and use local energy. The Eneravshed: Exploring Place-Based Generation funding opportunity
is designed to enable more reliable, resilient, efficient, and affordable grids that address long-standing inequities
in the distribution of cost and benefits across energy systems. Utilities, local governments, and community-based
organizations are encouraged to form teams and apply.

DOE will host an informational webinar on June 22 at 2 p.m. ET.

EPA Seeks Applications for Brownfields Job Training Grants
Due date: Aug. 2, 2022

EPA announced that approximately $12 million in funding for environmental job training grants is now available under
the Fiscal Year 2023 Brownfields Job Training Program. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 25 grants nationwide
at amounts up to $500,000 per award. "EPA's Brownfields Job Training Program boosts the environmental workforce
while helping to transform communities that need it the most," said Carlton Waterhouse, EPA deputy assistant
administrator, Office of Land and Emergency Management. "This grant cycle, we were able to increase the amount
of funding available so that organizations can apply for more resources as they work to create a skilled workforce in
communities where assessment, cleanup, and preparation of brownfield sites for reuse activities are taking place."
The funding available during this grant cycle comes from the historic $1.5 billion investment from President Biden's

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This budget boost provides communities, states, and tribes with the opportunity to
apply for larger grants to build and enhance the environmental curriculum in job training programs to support job
creation and community revitalization at brownfield sites. Ultimately, this investment will help trained individuals access
jobs created through brownfield revitalization activities within their communities. EPA is committed to meeting and
exceeding the Biden-Harris administration's Justice40 goal that at least 40% of the benefits of certain government
programs flow to disadvantaged communities. The Brownfields program will strive to meet this commitment and
advance environmental justice and equity considerations into all aspects of our work.

USDA's FY22 Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) Competitive Grants
Program

Due date: Aug. 2, 2022

This program initiates or expands efforts of farmers, gardeners, citizens, government officials, schools, and other
stakeholders in urban areas and suburbs. Projects may target areas of food access; education; business and start-up
costs for new farmers; and development of policies related to zoning and other needs of urban production.

National Endowment for the Arts FY2023 Our Town Guidelines
Due date: Aug. 4, 2022

Through project-based funding, the program supports activities that demonstrate a specific role for arts, culture, and/
or design as part of local efforts that strengthen communities. These projects require a partnership between a local
government entity and nonprofit organization, one of which must be a cultural organization; and should engage in
partnership with other sectors.

HUD's FY 2022 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program
Due date: Aug. 8, 2022

The purpose of the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction (LHR) grant program is to maximize the number of children
under the age of 6 protected from lead poisoning by assisting states, cities, counties/parishes, Native American
Tribes, or other units of local government in undertaking comprehensive programs to identify and control lead-based
paint hazards in eligible privately-owned rental or owner-occupied housing populations. In addition, there is Healthy
Homes Supplemental funding available that is intended to enhance the lead-based paint hazard control activities by
comprehensively identifying and addressing other housing hazards that affect occupant health.

EPA's Emerging Contaminants (including PFAS) in Small or Disadvantaged Communities
Grant Program

Due date: Aug. 15, 2022

EPA is inviting states and territories to apply for $1 billion - the first of $5 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant
funding - to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in drinking water, specifically in small or disadvantaged
communities.

NOAA's Restoring Fish Passage Through Barrier Removal Grants
Due date: Aug. 15, 2022

Now Open: $500 Million in Clean School Bus Rebates
Due date: Aug. 18, 2022

$500 million is now available for Clean School Bus Rebates! EPA's new Clean School Bus Program provides funding
to replace existing school buses with zero- and low-emission models. EPA will be hosting a series of webinars on who
is eligible, who is prioritized, and how to apply for the 2022 Clean School Bus Rebates. Visit our website todav!

National Science Foundation (NSF) Disaster Resilience Research Grants
Due date: Aug. 19, 2022

With this joint solicitation, the NSF and the U.S Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute for Standards and
Technology (NIST) call for proposals for research to advance fundamental understanding of disaster resilience in
support of improved, science-based planning, policy, decisions, design, codes and standards.

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DOT'S Transportation Centers Grants
Due date: Aug. 25, 2022

For eligible non-profit institutions of higher education to establish and operate University Transportation Centers to
address growing needs for the safe, efficient, and environmentally sound movement of people and goods.

NOAA's Restoring Tribal Priority Fish Passage Through Barrier Removal Grants
Due date: Aug. 29, 2022

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Announces Intent to Release $13 Million to Support
Community Geothermal Projects
Due date: Aug. 30, 2022

Geothermal district heating and cooling systems use geothermal energy to provide climate control to buildings,
including residences and businesses, through an underground distribution network. The intended Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) will support community coalitions with community, workforce, design/analysis, and deployment
expertise to implement such systems.

USDA's Composting and Food Waste Reduction fCFWR) Cooperative Agreements
Due date: Sept. 1, 2022

For assisting local and municipal governments with projects that develop and test strategies for planning and
implementing municipal compost plans and food waste reduction plans. Implementation activities will increase access
to compost for agricultural producers, improve soil quality and encourages innovative, scalable waste management
plans that reduce and divert food waste from landfills.

EPA Announces $6.5 Billion in New Funding Available for Water Infrastructure Projects
Due date: Sept. 6, 2022

DOT'S new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-established Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A)
Discretionary Grant Program
Due date: Sept. 15, 2022

The SS4A program provides dedicated funding to support regional, local, and tribal plans, projects and strategies that
will prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.

Reguest for Proposals from Google.org. Environmental Justice Data Projects Welcome on
a Rolling Basis
Due date: Sept. 16, 2022

The Environmental Justice Data Fund is an $8 million fund, created and seeded by Google.org, that aims to bolster
data efforts of frontline communities - communities historically underserved and disproportionately impacted by
climate change and environmental injustice - in the United States. Grants from the Fund will support projects that
use data to unlock resources; increase grantees' access to Justice40 benefits and federal infrastructure funding;
and advocate for new policies that empower communities to address past environmental harm and pave the way to
a more sustainable, climate-resilient future. The Fund will consider a broad range of approaches on the use of data
to advocate for environmental justice at the local and regional level. It will provide organizations with flexible project
funding to increase their organizational capacity to incorporate quality data work into their environmental impact
programming. The Fund anticipates that it will make one-time grants to approximately 60 to 100 organizations in 2022
through an open request for proposals (RFP), which will run on a rolling basis from April through September. Please
visit the EJDF webpaae if you are interested in learning more or in submitting a proposal. If you have any questions,
please email: eidatafund@windwardfund.org.

USDA's FY22 Urban. Indoor, and Emerging Agriculture Grant Program

Due date: Sept. 22, 2022

This program supports research, education, and extension work by awarding grants to solve key problems of local,
regional, and national importance that facilitate development of urban, indoor, and emerging agricultural systems. The
program includes food value chain stages: production, harvesting, transportation, aggregation, packaging, distribution,
and markets.

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DOI's Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program 2022
Due date: Sept. 22, 2022

A voluntary, community-based program that provides technical and financial assistance through cooperative
agreements to coastal communities, conservation partners, and landowners to restore and protect fish and wildlife
habitat on public and private lands.

Applications Now Open for the American-Made Solar Prize. Round 6
Due date: Oct. 6, 2022

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the American-Made
Solar Prize Round 6 - a $4 million prize program designed to spur innovations in U.S. solar hardware and software
technologies and address challenges to rapid, equitable solar energy deployment. Competitors will participate in
three escalating challenges - the Ready!, Set!, and Go! Contests - as they develop their concept from idea to
product. Individually, each competitor can win up $700,000 in cash and $150,000 in technical support vouchers over
the course of the three Contests.

U.S. Department of Transportation's Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Discretionary
Grant Program

Due date: Summer 2022

Funded with $1 billion over the next five years, the program's funds can support planning, capital construction, and
technical assistance to restore community connectivity equitably and safely through the removal, retrofit, mitigation,
or replacement of eligible transportation infrastructure facilities that create barriers to mobility, access, or economic
development.

Combined Sewer Overflow

Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Technical Assistance is available from EPA's Office of Wastewater Management
on monitoring/modeling; smart sewers and smart data; asset management; operation and maintenance; regulatory/
compliance questions; and small CSO community spreadsheet-based tools (CSO model, long-term control plan
review checklist, post-construction compliance monitoring checklist)

See fiver for more information

Environmental Finance Center Network

The Environmental Finance Center Network offers free help on training and technical assistance to small wastewater
and decentralized wastewater treatment works serving approximately 10,000 or fewer people.

Request assistance here

EPA Cybersecurity Assessments and Technical Assistance

Interested water and wastewater utilities can sign up for FREE, confidential cybersecurity assessments and technical
assistance services provided virtually.

Technical Assistance for Clean Water Act (CWA) Integrated Planning until September 2022

Available to state NPDES permitting authorities reviewing a CWA integrated plan or municipalities in the process of
alternatives analysis. See website for more details. Learn more from EPA's Environmental Finance Center workshop
posted online: Getting Started: Integrated Planning Community Workshop for Small- to Medium-Sized Municipalities

U.S. Department of Energy's National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) States Collab-
orative

U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Cities Coalition Network Technical Assistance

To assist with alternative fuels, fuel economy improvements, and emerging transportation technologies.

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EPA's Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities Program
White House Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Guidebook

A roadmap to the funding available under the law and program-by-program information is now available, including
the downloadable guidebook data and EPA's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law page.

Explore 2022 Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) Using Interac-
tive Tool

EPA's RE-Powerino Mapper 3.0

This update includes data provided by EPA Brownfields, Superfund, Abandoned Mine Lands, Landfill Methane
Outreach, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act programs, and a pilot with Underground Storage Tanks,
in addition to data from 22 state partners. Over 190,000 sites and nearly 40 million acres of land are included and
screened for solar, wind, biomass and geothermal energy potential. EPA partnered with the U.S. Department of Ener-
gy's National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to provide up-to-date data and screening that reflects current trends in
renewable energy development.

EPA Releases Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice (EJ Legal Tools)

EPA's Office of General Counsel has released EPA Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice (EJ Legal Tools),
an updated and expanded compilation of legal authorities available to EPA for identifying and addressing the dis-
proportionate impact of pollution on underserved and overburdened communities, including communities of color,
Indigenous people, and low-income communities. EJ Legal Tools is intended to help EPA decision-makers and part-
ners understand their authorities to consider and address environmental justice and equity in decision-making, and to
promote meaningful engagement.

Meetings, Conferences and Events

18th Annual Missouri Brownfields Conference
Date: July 11, 2022

The Missouri Brownfields Conference is being hosted by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Brownfields/
Voluntary Cleanup Program (BVCP) at Margaritaville Lake Resort Lake of the Ozarks (formerly Tan-Tar-A Resort).
The conference is an opportunity for you to meet state and federal brownfield program staff, community members,
and other industry experts in person. You will be able to discuss general information about brownfields and get help
with specific redevelopment projects or underutilized properties in your community, including sites currently enrolled in
the BVCP and sites that may be enrolled in the program in the future.

EPA Seeking Nominations to Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (Federal
Advisory Committee)

Date: July 11, 2022

EPA is seeking nominations from representatives of nonfederal interests to serve on the Mobile Sources Technical
Review Subcommittee (MSTRS). Interests include, but are not limited to:

•	Community and/or environmental and/or mobility justice

•	State, tribal, and local government

•	Environmental advocacy groups

•	Future transportation options and shared mobility

•	Transportation and supply chain shippers

•	Marine and inland port interests

•	Mobile source emission modeling

For more information on how to submit a nomination, please see the Federal Register Notice announcing the request
for nominations.

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Compete in the Perovskite Startup Prize
Date: July 28, 2022

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office is funding the American-Made Challenges: Per-
ovskite Startup Prize. The countdown is on for entrepreneurs to accelerate the development and manufacturing of
perovskite solar cells. Competitors who advance to the next stage of the American-Made Perovskite Startup Prize
will receive $200,000.

Register for Brownfields 2022 Conference in Oklahoma Citv. Oklahoma
Aug. 16-19, 2022

2022 is the year to take your community to the next level with unprecedented financial and technical resources. The
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included an unprecedented $1.5 billion investment in EPA's Brownfields program over
the next two years. Brownfields 2022 is the premier event to learn how you can access these grants and maximize
your economic, environmental, and social performance. This funding will transform communities into sustainable and
environmentally just places, enhance climate resiliency, and more. Join us and discover Brownfields in the Modern
Frontier! Preregister by August 15.

Register here

Mom and Babv Action Network
Dates: Oct. 24-25, 2022

The Mom and Baby Action Network is excited to announce that registration is now open for our National Summit,
"Igniting Impact Together: Birthing Equitable Communities," being held in Atlanta virtually and in person. In-person
attendance will include exclusive workshops, off-site learning opportunities, networking reception, and more! Take
advantage of our Early Bird registration pricing and secure your spot!

Webinars and Conference Calls

Why Indoor Chemistry Matters: Findings from a National Academies Consensus Study
Date: July 7, 2022, noon to 1:30 p.m. CDT

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) recently released the consensus study
report, Why Indoor Chemistry Matters, sponsored by EPA, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, CDC, and NIEHS. This
webinarwill present the main conclusions and recommendations of the report, which identifies gaps in the current
understanding of indoor chemistry and new approaches that can be applied to measure, manage, and limit chemical
exposures. Dr. David Dorman, who served as chair of the study committee, will summarize high-level main messag-
es from the report, followed by a deeper dive into the report's findings related to the management and removal of
contaminants indoors.

Water Infrastructure Funding in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Webinar
Date: July 13, 2022, 1 to 2 p.m. EDT

EPA invites communities to learn how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding can help communities improve their
water and wastewater infrastructure. For example, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $43 billion through the
State Revolving Funds (SRFs), with a significant portion of funding provided as grants or principal forgiveness loans
to disadvantaged communities. In this webinar, you will learn about:

•	How state revolving fund (SRF) program funds work.

•	How the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding can help communities address water infrastructure challenges.

•	What resources are available (current and upcoming) for information and technical assistance.

•	Where to go for more information and to stay in the loop!

NOAA's Drought Prediction: Water Use Information - End User Listening Session
Date: July 14, 2022, 1 to 3:30 p.m. EDT

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Building Resilience and Adapting to Climate Change Impacts: CREAT Training for Mid-At-
lantic Region

Dates: July 19, July 21, July 26, and Aug. 2, 2022 (9 to 11 a.m. CDT each day)

This webinar series provides an In-Depth Training series on Creating Resilient Water Utilities' (CRWU's) Climate
Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) for utilities in the Mid-Atlantic climate region of the U.S. (MD, VA,
NY, NJ, PA, DE, CT). The first three sessions focus on CREAT's five modules and how utilities can finance their ad-
aptation projects. The last session brings together state and federal representatives to discuss how utilities can apply
for funding from EPA's State Revolving Funds (SRFs) and Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)
programs. Continuing education units (CEUs) from select states for certified drinking water and wastewater operators
are available for participants (applications pending).

Webinar on EPA Brownfields Grants and Nonrofits
Date: July 20, 2022,1 to 2:30 p.m. EDT

Join EPA for the second webinar of Nonprofit Know-How, which shares strategies that nonprofits use to address
brownfields as part of their larger community revitalization efforts and helps build capacity amongst different types of
nonprofits to tackle brownfield issues. Registration is required.

National State Revolving Fund Workshop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, presented by the
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC), in collaboration
with member states and EPA.

Dates: July 27-29, 2022

NOAA's Drought Prediction: Water Availability Prediction for Ecosystems - End User Lis-
tening Session

Date: Sept. 8, 2022,1 to 3:30 p.m. EDT

This digest is being provided by EPA Region 7 for informational purposes only.
This digest contains links to information, agencies, sites, and organizations
outside of the EPA website. EPA is not responsible for third-party links. EPA does
not endorse third-party organizations or agencies.

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