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Funding Sources
EPA Funding Sources:
- EPA Community Grant Opportunities
(Maintained by EPA's Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation)
Community grants are one category in an expanding range of tools that EPA is using to make environmental protection work better and smarter for the 21st century. Through community grants and the projects they support, EPA aims to build more productive working partnerships in communities and encourage the sharing of innovation and experience, so that one community's successful innovation can benefit others. Under this program, EPA will grant a number of national and regional grants to projects that address clean air, clean water, land use, overall ecosystem quality, and other important environmental aspects. The most successful applications will be developed in cooperation with a consortium of partners. Partner organizations may receive funds through sub-contracts with the institution to which the grant is awarded.
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- EPA Performance Partnership Grants (PPGS)
(Maintained by EPA's Office Regional Operations and State/Local
Relations)
PPGs are multi-program grants made to State or Tribal agencies of EPA funds allocated and otherwise available for categorical grant programs. They are voluntary and provide States and Tribes the option to combine funds from two or more categorical grants into one or more PPGs.
Under regulatory authority (since 1996) this policy covers sixteen program grants (including air pollution control). They are funded from EPA's State and Tribal Assistance Grants appropriation.
- EPA Program Grants (Guidance)
(Maintained by EPA's Grants Administration Division, Region 5, and Purdue University)
In addition to defining Federal grants, this site provides a table of the actual use of EPA grants administered. Historically, EPA has funded both state and local programs in all environmental media.
A number of grants are targeted towards research and demonstration projects, while others support various program activities.
- EPA' s Financial Tools and List of Grants
(Maintained by EPA's Grants Administration Division, Region 5, and Purdue University)
This link provides the description, advantages, and limitations of the EPA grant funding process. It also provides a list of grants to choose from, with links to each grant program.
- Transportation-Related Grants Database
(Maintained by EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality.)
The EPA Transportation Air Quality Center's (TRAQ) Transportation-Related Grants Database (TRGD) is a clearinghouse of information on transportation and air quality related projects funded by EPA. The database provides information on more than 50 EPA funded transportation-related projects from around the nation. Many of these projects fall under transportation-related categories such as market incentives, voluntary measures, sustainable development, public education and outreach, transportation control measures, and ozone action programs.
Other Funding Sources:
- Carl Moyer Clean Engine Incentive Program (California only)
(Maintained by the California Air Resources Board)
The Carl Moyer Program is administered by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Resources Board (ARB). Funds are distributed through local air districts. Incentives, in the form of grants for private companies or public agencies operating heavy-duty engines in California, will cover an incremental portion of the cost of cleaner on-road, off-road, marine and locomotive engines.
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: Air Pollution Control Program Support
(Maintained by the US Department of Health and Human Services)
This listing of air pollution controls funding programs is provided to assist State, Tribal, Municipal, Inter-municipal, and Interstate agencies in planning, developing, establishing, improving, and maintaining adequate programs for prevention and control of air pollution or implementation of national primary and secondary air quality standards.
- Catalog of all Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
(Maintained by the US General Services Administration)
This report is a government-wide compendium of all 1,425 Federal programs, projects, services, and activities that provide assistance or benefits to the American public and is available from the General Services Administration.
- Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ)
The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) of the Department of Transportation (DOT) manages the CMAQ Program. The primary purpose of the CMAQ program remains the same: to fund projects and programs in non-attainment and maintenance areas which reduce transportation-related emissions. This listing provides a variety of CMAQ information in your area which may include your city or state's CMAQ budget, on-going or potential CMAQ projects, CMAQ grant funding agencies and contacts. Look to this site for ideas in implementing retrofit projects and funding information. Simply select any state to obtain it's CMAQ information. (Note: This may not be the most current budget information. Please contact the State office for budget update if available.)
- Federal Funding Tables
(Maintained by the Community Transportation Association of America [CTAA])
The Federal Funding Tables outline grants (such as CMAQ) and other forms of funding for community transportation in each state. All of the funding levels in this section of the Resource Guide are for FY 2000.
- The State of Georgia Tax Credit
A tax credit against the tax imposed under this article is available to anyone who installs diesel particulate emission reduction technology equipment (which can include equipment that provides for heat, air conditioning, light,and communications for the driver's compartment of a commercial motor vehicle) at any truck stop, depot, or other facility. The tax credit is 10 percent of the total of the cost of the diesel particulate emission reduction technology equipment and its installation costs and is good for the taxable year in which the taxpayer first places the equipment in use. See Georgia Code Section 48-7-40.16, Official Code of Georgia Annotated
For further information please contact: William Cook, telephone: (404) 363-7031
- Oregon Non-point Source Pollution Control Facilities Tax Credit
(Maintained by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.)
The State of Oregon offers a tax credit for Oregon taxpayers who purchase a "pollution control facility" (includes any equipment or device) used to reduce or control air pollution. The tax credit applies to retrofit technologies verified by the EPA's Voluntary Retrofit Diesel Program. Information about the application procedures, fees, and assessment of cost can be found by following this link to Oregon's Pollution Control Facilities Tax Credit Program.
- Sacramento Emergency Clean Air Transportation Program
(Maintained by the Sacramento {California} Emergency Clean Air Transportation Program.)
The Sacramento Emergency Clean Air Transportation Program (SECAT) provides $70 million in transportation funds to clean up the region's heavy-duty diesel truck fleet by 2005, with most of the work to be done by 2002. The SECAT program is authorized by the State Legislature in bill AB2511, and funded by $50 million set aside by the Governor, and $20 million in local transportation funds (from the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality, or CMAQ fund) allocated by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) Board of Directors to match the state funding.
- Texas Emission Reduction Plan (TERP)
(Maintained by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.)
The Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP), established by the Legislature
in 2001, is a comprehensive set of incentive programs aimed at improving
air quality in Texas. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
administers TERP grants and other financial TERP incentives. Additional
financial incentive and assistance programs are administered by other
state agencies.
- Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(Maintained by the US Federal Highway Administration.)
The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) authorizes expenditures of $218 billion from 1998 to 2003 to fund the development and maintenance of the nation's transportation infrastructure, while protecting the environment and enhancing economic growth. The largest public works program ever authorized, it will have a significant impact on the air
quality programs and issues being addressed by the EPA, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and state and local agencies.
More Information from the EPA on TEA-21.
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