MASTER LIST: Upcoming Major BIL and IRA Funding Announcements As of March 1, 2023 Below is an overview of current and upcoming funding opportunities from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). We encourage you to check this page frequently as updates will be posted regularly. Competition opening dates represent our current best projections. They are provided for planning purposes but subject to further revision. Law Opportunity* Funding ($)" &Type Eligible Applicants Opening Date" Closing Date" Summary Region 8 Contact IRA Funding to Address Air Pollution through Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects (Sec. 60105)1 $30M Grant competition Community-based nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, and Tribal governments. 132 projects funded in Nov. 2022 with $30M from IRA and $20M from other funds Varies Funds to invest in a range of activities that will increase monitoring in and by communities. Emily Bertram (bertram.emilv (Sepa.gov) Adam Eisele (eisele.adam(® eoa.gov) IRA Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program (EJCPS) $30M Grant Competition Community-based nonprofits and/or partnership of community- based nonprofits are eligible to apply. Jan 2023 April 10, 2023 rovides funding for eligible pplicants for projects that address >cal environmental and public health sues within an effected community, he program assists recipients in uilding collaborative partnerships to elpthem understand and address nvironmental and public health Dncerns in their communities. April Nowak (nowak.april(® eoa.gov) 1 This is the first of several grant awards that will be made to distribute $235.5 million in IRA funds under Sec. 60105 across several programs including the following subsections: (a) Fenceline Air Monitoring and Screening Air Monitoring; (b) Multipollutant Monitoring Stations; (c) Air Quality Sensors in Low-Income and Disadvantaged Communities; (d) Emissions from Wood Heaters; (e) Methane Monitoring; (g) Greenhouse Gas and Zero-Emission Standards for Mobile Sources. Future detail will be shared at a later date on future competitions. 1 ------- Law Opportunity* Funding ($)** &Type Eligible Applicants Opening Date Closing Date" Summary Region 8 Contact IRA Environmental Justice Government-to- Government (EJG2G) Program $70M ($40M from IRA + $30M from baseline appropriatio ns) Grant Competition Partnership between states, tribes, or local governments and community-based nonprofit organizations. Territories, Freely Associated States, and tribal governments in remote areas are also eligible to apply. Jan 2023 April 10, 2023 Provides funding at the state, local, territorial, and tribal level to support government activities that lead to measurable environmental or public health impacts in communities disproportionately burdened by environmental harms. April Nowak (nowak.april(® eoa.gov) IRA Clean Air Act Grants (IRA Sec. 60105(f) $25M Non- competitive Air pollution control agencies as defined by the Clean Air Act, which includes states, local governments, and Tribal agencies responsible for the control of air pollution. Feb 15, 2023 April 15, 2023 Supplements annual funding for air pollution control agencies in support of Clean Air Act Section 103. Emily Bertram (bertram.emilv (Sepa.gov) Marisa McPhilliamy (mcphilliamv.m arisa(®epa.gov) IRA Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program $550M Grant Competition Community-based nonprofit organizations, a partnership of community-based nonprofits, a partnership between a Tribe and a community-based nonprofit, and a partnership between an institute of higher education and a community-based nonprofit. Feb 2023 May 2023 This competitive pass-through program will select multiple pass- through entities to provide grant funds via sub-awards to community-based nonprofit organizations and other eligible sub-recipient groups representing under-served and disadvantaged communities. EPA intends to award 5-11 cooperative agreements under this RFA. April Nowak (nowak.april(® epa.gov) 2 ------- Law Opportunity* Funding ($)** &Type Eligible Applicants Opening Date Closing Date" Summary Region 8 Contact BIL Pollution Prevention (P2) Grants $16M Grant Competition States, state entities (colleges and universities recognized as instrumentalities of the state), the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S., and federally recognized tribes and intertribal consortia. Feb 2023 Summer 2023 Pollution Prevention (P2) grants provide technical assistance to recipients to support businesses and help them develop and adopt source reduction practices (also known as "pollution prevention" or "P2"). P2 means reducing or eliminating pollutants from entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal. Melissa Payan (pavan.melissa (Seoa.gov) BIL Emerging Contaminants for Small or Disadvantaged Communities $1.89B (2022/2023) Non- competitive allocation to states covering the first two (of five) years of funding States, territories (Tribal application to follow with separate timeline) February 2023 (Deadline for states & territories) August 2023 (Deadline for states & territories) This $5 billion program provides grants to public water systems in small or disadvantaged communities to address emerging contaminants, including PFAS for scoping, planning, testing and remediating emerging contaminants in drinking and source water. For each year of appropriations, 2% is allocated for tribal funding. Karen Simpson (simpson.karen (Seoa.gov) 3 ------- Law Opportunity* Funding ($)** &Type Eligible Applicants Opening Date Closing Date" Summary Region 8 Contact IRA Climate Pollution Reduction - Planning Grants $250M Non- competitive allocation States, territories, DC, certain MSAs, air pollution control agencies, Tribes (or groups of the above) are eligible. As early as March 1, 2023 Notice of Intent to Participate due March 31, 2023 for states and April 28, 2023 for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) Application/workpl an due April 28, 2023 for states, May 31, 2023 for MSA and June 15, 2023 for Tribes/Territories. Planning grants likely awarded by summer 2023 for all grantees. Grants to develop climate action plans. This is the first stage of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program. Emily Bertram (bertram.emilv (Seoa.gov) BIL FY23 Clean School Bus Grant Competition TBD Grant Competition Public school districts, public charter schools, government entities that provide bus service, eligible contractors that sell or finance clean school buses, nonprofit school transportation associations, Tribes April 2023 TBD Funding to replace diesel buses with electric and cleaner alternatives. Marisa McPhilliamy (mcphilliamv.m arisa(®epa.gov) YeChan Lim (lim.vechan(®e pa.gov) BIL Underground Injection Control - Class VI wells $50M Non- competitive allocation States/ territories/ tribes with Class VI primacy. April 2023 August 2023 Supports development and implementation of UIC Class VI primacy programs, which regulate the geologic sequestration of C02 into UIC Class VI wells. EPA will award the full $50 million in a one- time, non-competitive distribution. Fraser Evans (evans.fraser(® epa.gov) 4 ------- Law Opportunity* Funding ($)** &Type Eligible Applicants Opening Date Closing Date" Summary Region 8 Contact BIL Brownfields Job Training Grants TBD Local government entities, States, Tribes, nonprofit organizations. May 2023 July 2023 Grants to enable nonprofits, local governments, and other organizations to recruit, train, and place unemployed and under- employed residents of areas affected by the presence of brownfield sites. Job Training Program graduates develop the skills needed to secure full-time, sustainable employment in various aspects of hazardous and solid waste management and within the larger environmental field, including sustainable cleanup and reuse, and chemical safety. Christina Michaud-Tilly (michaudtillv.c hristine(®epa.g ov) IRA Environmental & Climate Justice Thriving Communities Block Grant Up to $2B TBD Summer 2023 TBD Provides EPA with approximately $2.8 billion for ECJ program grants and technical assistance. This program is currently in design and deliberative stages with an RFI scheduled to go out in February 2023. April Nowak (nowak.april(® epa.gov) 5 ------- Law Opportunity* Funding ($)** &Type Eligible Applicants Opening Date Closing Date" Summary Region 8 Contact IRA Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund $7B competition and $19.97 competition $7B competition: Eligible applicants include States, municipalities, Tribal governments, and nonprofit "eligible recipients" as defined in the statute (nonprofit financial lenders). $19.97B competition: Only nonprofit "eligible recipients" as defined in the statute (nonprofit financial lenders) are eligible to be direct funding recipients. EPA will clarify this eligibility in the NOFO. Early Summer 2023 Late Summer 2023 The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund will be implemented via two grant competitions. One grant competition will be $7B for financing and technical assistance for residential and community solar and associated storage and upgrades to facilitate these projects. This full funding will be for low-income and disadvantaged communities. The $19.97B competition will provide financing and technical assistance for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollution. $8B is reserved for low- income and disadvantaged communities. Additional program design decisions will be clarified in the competition that will launch in early summer 2023. Emily Bertram (bertram.emilv (Seoa.gov) 6 ------- Law Opportunity* Funding ($)** &Type Eligible Applicants Opening Date Closing Date" Summary Region 8 Contact IRA Climate Pollution Reduction - Implementation Grants $4.6B Competitive grants Entities included in, or covered by, planning grants. This includes (1) state agencies, municipalities, air pollution control agencies, and tribes who either receive a direct planning grant or who partner on a climate plan developed with a planning grant, but did not receive direct federal funds; (2) municipalities and air pollution control agencies seeking funding for measures identified in their state's plan for implementation at their level; and (3) tribes seeking funding for measures identified in their neighboring state's plan for implementation at their level. Fall 2023 (tentative) Q1 of Calendar Year 2024 (tentative) The second stage of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program: $4.6B for grants to implement measures identified in plans developed with planning grants. Emily Bertram (bertram.emilv (Seoa.gov) BIL FY23 Clean School Bus Rebate Competition TBD Rebate competition Public school districts, public charter schools, government entities that provide bus service, eligible contractors that sell or finance clean school buses, nonprofit school transportation associations, Tribes. Fall 2023 TBD Provides funding to replace diesel buses with electric and cleaner alternatives. EPA expects to launch another rebate competition in Fall 2023. Marisa McPhilliamy (mcphilliamv.m arisa(®epa.gov) YeChan Lim (lim.vechan(®e pa.gov) Notes: * Table includes abridged overview of BIL/IRA funding opportunities. Refer to the White House BIL Guidebook and the White House IRA Guidebook for complete version of program descriptions, funding amounts, period of availability, eligible recipients / uses, etc. ** Funding amounts and deadlines are tentative and subject to change, v 7 ------- |