Funding-Compliance
Assistance Solicitation Notice; July 13, 2009
Agency
Environmental
Protection Agency
Description
The Office
of Compliance (OC), within EPA=s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
(OECA), is soliciting proposals for states and tribes to strengthen their
ability to address environmental and public health threats, while furthering
the art and science of environmental compliance. Projects under this
Solicitation Notice will be used to build and expand the capacity and ability
of the states and tribes to operate their environmental compliance and
enforcement program. These funds cannot be used for the actual implementation
of the compliance program. This year, EPA is soliciting proposals for the
following focus areas: (1) Permit Compliance System (PCS) Modernization and
ICIS-NPDES, (2) Funding Indian Country Compliance Assurance Circuit Riders, (3)
Improving Flow of State Data to the Air Facility System (AFS), (4) State
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Training and (5) Demonstration of
Better Use of Technology in Compliance Monitoring Activities. EPA anticipates
that approximately $1.84 million will be available under this announcement,
depending on Agency funding levels and other applicable considerations. The
federal portion for each assistant agreement is anticipated to range between
$50,000 and $200,000.
Announcement
Number: EPA-OECA-NPMAS-09-001
Closing
Date: Jul 13, 2009
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/state/grants/stag/index.html
Contact
Information
Ginger Gotliffe (202) 564-7072
Lorna
Washington (202) 564-1386
Email: MultimediaCapacity_Grants@epa.gov