This agreement provides funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) to california air resources board

Federal Grant Award Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded $350,000 in full federal funding to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This project grant, funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), provides technical assistance to help businesses adopt source reduction practices—also known as pollution prevention (P2)—that reduce or eliminate pollutants from entering waste streams prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal.

CARB will deliver pollution prevention technical assistance specifically targeting auto repair and maintenance facilities throughout Southern California, including the Los Angeles area, San Diego, and Inland Empire regions. Key deliverables include mapping and outreach to identify facility locations, direct technical assistance and training to 100 auto repair facilities, and development of training resources and tools for use by a statewide network of green business coordinators. The project will offer both in-person and virtual facility tours, support, and certification to participating businesses. These services align with the P2 program's objective of enabling businesses to reduce operational costs while simultaneously lowering their environmental footprints and protecting human health through reduced exposure to toxic substances.

The recipient will provide technical assistance (e.g., information, training, tools) to businesses to help them develop and adopt source reduction practices (also known as pollution prevention [P2]). P2 means reducing or eliminating pollutants from entering any waste stream or otherwise being released into the environment prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal. P2 practices can help businesses save money by reducing their resource use, expenditures, waste and liability costs, while at the same time reducing their environmental footprint and helping to protect human health and the environment. Specifically, the project work will accomplish providing pollution prevention technical assistance to auto repair and maintenance facilities. Technical assistance will include direct technical assistance, training and resources will be developed for use by a network of green business coordinators throughout the state (and beyond). The proposed project will improve human health and the environment by reducing pollution and exposure to toxic substances in southern california including the LOS angeles area, SAN diego and inland empire areas. This assistance agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $350,000. See terms and conditions.activities:the priorities for P2 technical assistance (information, training, and tools) align with one or more of the program's national emphasis areas (neas). Specifically, the project activities will address the following: mapping, outreach and training where the most amount of auto repair and maintenance facilities are located. They will also develop and provide training and technical assistance to 100 auto repair facilities and provide support and certification throughout southern california including in person and virtual tours of an auto repair and maintenance facility. The development of these tools will be shared with in-state and nationwide partners. Additionally, they will create individual and collective case studies that highlight the individual businesses that integrated pollution prevention measures and that also show how the multiple businesses taking action leads to collective impact across the state and share the case studies and collective impacts with industry leading associations. This project directly aligns with NEA #3: automotive manufacturing and maintenance: carry out P2 technical assistance and projects with businesses in the automotive industry, normally associated with NAICS codes 3361, 3362, 3363, and 8111 and associated subsectors. Projects under this NEA should facilitate and encourage businesses within these NAICS codes to identify, develop and adopt P2 practices in manufacturing and maintenance of automobiles and automotive products.subrecipient:california green business network will provide pollution prevention technical assistance to auto repair and maintenance facilities. Technical assistance will include one on one bilingual support. In addition to direct technical assistance, they will develop training and resources for a network of green business coordinators throughout the state (and beyond). - 1 map with corresponding spreadsheet - 1 contact list of auto repair and maintenance facilities and relevant partners - 2+ stories in auto industry newsletters - 1 video/PPT training developed (posted online, delivered to coordinators online and in-person at the annual cagbn conference) - updated metric for quantifying vocs reduced from solvent part washing - 1 case study - 1 cumulative case study, showing the program impact across southern california regions - 1+ newsletter stories and/or blog posts sharing results and impacts - 1 'trends of P2 technical support' report provided to auto industry stakeholders - 1 recognition event - 1 in person site visit training of auto facility - 100 businesses