The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $275,000,000 total from Fiscal Year 2022 to Fiscal Year 2026 for grants authorized under the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act. EPA will make available $30,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2023 for states and territories to improve post-consumer materials management programs through planning, data collection, and the implementation of plans.
Eligible Recipients:
The entities eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are:
- U.S. States, including Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Territories (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands).
Eligible Projects:
Funding can be used for three categories of activities:
- Develop or update plans to advance post-consumer materials management. Plans can be for Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 256 solid waste management plans or other planning documents (e.g., circular economy plans).
- Develop, strengthen, and/or implement comprehensive data collection efforts that demonstrate progress toward the National Recycling Goal and Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal. Data collection and measurement efforts should be designed to improve the state’s ability to track progress towards national and state recycling and/or circular economy goals. Data collection efforts could include state-wide or other targeted waste characterization studies.
- Support the state-led implementation of plans to advance post-consumer materials management.
Funding Source:
EPA
Funding Amount:
EPA anticipates awarding up a total of $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2023.
Funding Deadline:
Participating states and territories have submitted a Notice of Intent to Participate (NOIP) to the EPA. EPA released the program guidance in grants.gov (pdf) (440 K) on December 15, 2022.
The first draft of workplans are due to the EPA by February 3, 2023.
Contact:
Dale Carpenter Carpenter.Dale@epa.gov
More Information: https://www.epa.gov/rcra/grants-states-and-territories