Project Grant 83335901

This $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide technical assistance to help District of Columbia cleaning service providers transition to safer and eco-certified cleaning products. The grant, awarded to the District of Columbia's Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) on January 1, 2024, aims to improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities by reducing waste, workplace...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $412,327 Pollution Prevention (P2) Grants Program grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology to provide technical assistance to Hispanic/Latino communities and 40 convenience stores in central Washington. The project will develop and facilitate community listening sessions to understand the current market of safer consumer products, create outreach toolkits for community-based organizations to assist convenience stores, and...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $344,275 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708). The grant will fund technical assistance to chemical manufacturers and formulators to identify safer alternatives to priority chemicals in consumer products. Through a 17-week review, the University will provide chemical hazard and alternative assessment reports to help companies reduce hazardous chemicals in the...

This $157,667 project grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program (CFDA 66.509) will develop new models, methods, and software tools to enable greater sustainability and circularity in the U.S. chemicals industry. Key activities include creating an open-access model of the current U.S. chemicals industry, developing innovative methods for discovering novel circular chemical reaction networks, and designing frameworks for...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide $425,000 in technical assistance to address environmental justice concerns and improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities in Maryland. Specifically, the grant will support the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) in developing and implementing replicable workforce training programs and audit tools focused on reducing...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,258,355 Project Grant to the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) under the EPA's Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants program (CFDA 66.921). The funds will be used for a comprehensive, evidence-based campaign to improve residential recycling across multiple jurisdictions in southeastern Virginia. Key activities include conducting recycling audits, implementing a route-level recycling education...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Hazardous Waste Management Grant Program for Tribes (CFDA 66.812) to the Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The grant funding will be used to facilitate 4-6 household hazardous waste and scrap tire collection events across the Eastern Upper Peninsula region. The key activities include: 1) providing education and outreach to tribal members and the wider community on the proper...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $120,000.00 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) will fund research at the University of Delaware to determine the public's response to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as an emerging environmental pollutant. The project will use experimental economics techniques to explore the public's willingness to purchase at-home water filters and the impact of receiving...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 awarded $1.1 million to the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) on October 1, 2025, under the Construction Grants for Wastewater Treatment Works program (CFDA 66.418). Funding under this formula grant supports the fourth phase of an applied research study examining biochar's effectiveness as a bioretention media for capturing emerging contaminants, specifically 6PPD (a tire wear particle), in District Department of...

This Project Grant award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708), provides $235,391 to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) to establish a pilot project focused on assisting auto shops in adopting pollution prevention (P2) practices. The funding will be used to develop a Virginia-specific manual identifying regulatory requirements and best management P2 practices, and to conduct 20 site visits to help...