This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to pima DEQ to develop or update existing regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and…

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046), provides $1,000,000 to Pima County, Arizona to develop or update regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction measures. Key activities include collaborating with local, state, and tribal partners to create a Pima County working group, collect feedback from the City of Tucson, develop a GHG emissions inventory, and establish a digital repository for planning documents. Pima County will also issue sub-awards to local community-based organizations to help formulate plan elements such as energy savings, transportation planning, and workforce development. The grant period runs from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2027, with three key deliverables: a Priority Climate Action Plan, a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan, and a final Status Report. The intended beneficiaries are the residents of Pima County, including tribes and low-income/disadvantaged communities.

This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to pima DEQ to develop or update existing regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction measures throughout the entire metropolitan area and to conduct meaningful engagement with low- income and disadvantaged communities and coordinate with geographically proximate tribes as appropriate. Activities:in general, activities include the development, updating, and evaluation of plans to reduce climate pollution (i.e., to reduce GHG emissions and/or enhance carbon sinks). Specific activities include collaborating with local, state, and tribal agencies, faith-based groups, the general public, low-income and disadvantaged communities, the private sector, and industry groups through meetings and open houses, holding space for active participation. Pdeq will create a pima county working group made up of departments with a stake in GHG emissions reductions efforts to ensure there is a coordinated strategy within the county's comprehensive government body. Pdeq will also work with representatives with the city of tucson to ensure that efforts to develop the pcap, ccap, and status report for this grant are not duplicative of the efforts they have just completed for their tucson resilient together climate action plan. Pdeq will collect the city's feedback on the gaps that were missing in its public engagement process and obtaining the city's feedback as to the most urgent outstanding needs. Pdeq will also work the arizona governor's office of resiliency to develop a greenhouse gas emissions inventory to understand the emissions to assist in planning reduction targets and developing a benefits analysis. Pdeq will also develop a centralized, accessible, digital repository for all cprg related materials and planning documents. Pdeq will also create working groups with other jurisdictions to ensure broad based input and support. Subrecipient:subaward will be awarded to local community based organizations who can help formulate specific elements of the plans, including but not limited to energy savings, transportation planning, green infrastructure, youth engagement, and workforce development.outcomes:three key deliverables will be produced and submitted over the course of the four-year program period, including: a priority climate action plan (pcap), due march 1, 2024; a comprehensive climate action plan (ccap), due two years from the date of the award; and a status report, due at the close of the grant period. The expected outcomes include a pcap and ccap that identifies: tons of pollution (ghgs and CO-pollutants) reduced over the lifetime of the measures; tons of pollution (ghgs and CO-pollutants) reduced annually; and tons of pollution (ghgs and CO-pollutants) reduced with respect to low-income and disadvantaged communities. The intended beneficiaries include the residents of pima county including tribes and low income and disadvantaged communities within the jurisdiction. This award provides full federal funding in the amount of $1,000,000.00. Preaward costs have been approved back to 6/1/23. See terms and conditions.