This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) provides $350,000 in funding to the University of Utah to assist businesses in reducing the use of hazardous chemicals, water consumption, and air emissions for a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable environment. The University's Department of Chemical Engineering, in collaboration with the Department of Energy's Intermountain Industrial Assessment Center...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $800,000 Pollution Prevention (P2) Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) project grant to the University of Illinois to provide technical assistance for reducing exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in disadvantaged communities. The project will: Develop criteria and tools to help 115 food service businesses (including restaurants, churches, and soup kitchens) in disadvantaged communities identify and purchase PFAS-free foodware...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708). The grant will provide technical assistance to small brewery businesses in Delaware and Southeastern Pennsylvania to help them adopt source reduction practices that improve environmental outcomes while reducing costs. Specifically, the University will refine a pollution prevention benchmarking and assessment tool,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the University of Delaware a $192,000 Formula Grant under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) to provide technical assistance to businesses from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The University will conduct on-site energy and waste assessments for metal fabrication and manufacturing facilities, identifying cost-effective pollution prevention recommendations. A $12,000 subaward to The Pennsylvania State University will...
This $1,186,077 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide technical assistance to address environmental justice concerns and improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities. Specifically, the "Safer Primer and Painting Products Program" (SP4) project will: a) facilitate the reformulation of safer pipe cement, pipe primer, and...
This $233,022 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708), provides funding to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to deliver technical assistance to Minnesota's food processing industry. The objective is to help businesses in this sector adopt source reduction practices that improve wastewater quality, conserve water, and enhance energy efficiency. The university will conduct facility assessments,...
This $202,222 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide technical assistance to help Minnesota businesses in the metal manufacturing and fabrication industries (NAICS 331 and 332) reduce or eliminate their use and release of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The grant will fund outreach, engagement, and on-site technical assistance activities conducted by the Minnesota Pollution Control...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) will receive $343,289 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) to deliver pollution prevention technical assistance services focused on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The MPCA will define current PFAS pollution prevention opportunities within metal manufacturing, food and beverage manufacturing, and chemical manufacturing...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708), will fund the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to deliver technical assistance to businesses in Illinois. The $281,280 grant supports the university's efforts to help approximately 10 small beverage manufacturers, such as breweries, wineries, distilleries, and cideries, identify and implement pollution prevention practices. This...
This $798,928 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development supports the development and improvement of an online detection and quantification method for understudied toxic plastic additives in atmospheric particulate matter. Funded under the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Program (CFDA #66.509), the University of California, San Diego will calibrate an extractive electrospray high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometer to...
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 marketplace. It will disseminate best practices and case studies on substitutions through webinars, roundtables, reports, newsletters and social media outreach. The University anticipates assisting at least two companies, publishing two case studies on successful substitutions, and delivering workshops for both industry and community partners. The grant aims to advance pollution prevention and source reduction in the chemical manufacturing sector through adoption of safer chemical alternatives.