Project Grant GL975700010

This $1,064,157 EPA Pollution Prevention Grant, awarded on October 1, 2025, will provide technical assistance, information, training, and tools to businesses in Louisiana to help them develop and implement source reduction practices (also known as pollution prevention or P2). The project, led by Delgado Community College on behalf of the Louisiana Community & Technical College System, aims to expand the state's E4 program by connecting regional minority-serving communities and higher...

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...

This $350,000 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will fund the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's (UNC-CH) Environmental Finance Center to provide technical assistance to businesses. The goal is to help them develop and adopt source reduction practices, also known as pollution prevention (P2), to reduce the use of hazardous cleaning chemicals, wastewater, water usage, and harmful air emissions....

This Project Grant award of $350,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide technical assistance and training to businesses to help them develop and adopt source reduction (pollution prevention) practices. The two-year project, awarded to the University of Nevada, Reno's Business Environmental Program (UNR BEP) and the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC), will: 1) Organize two...

The Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC) was awarded a $121,053 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 under the Source Reduction Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 66.717). The grant will fund PPRC's delivery of pollution prevention technical assistance services to six industrial facilities located in economically disadvantaged communities in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. Services will include hosting roundtable discussions on pollution...

This Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide $961,878 to the University of California, Berkeley to reduce the use of hazardous chemicals in targeted industry sectors. The project will deliver chemical hazard and alternative assessment reports, match STEM student interns with industry partners, and disseminate best practices and case studies through webinars and roundtables. Key outcomes include...

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...

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...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) provides $240,220 to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to offer technical assistance to businesses in North Carolina. The technical assistance aims to help businesses develop and adopt source reduction (pollution prevention) practices that can reduce their environmental footprint, resource use, and operational costs. The award...

This $239,961 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide technical assistance to businesses in Washington state to help them develop and adopt source reduction (pollution prevention) practices. Specifically, the Washington Department of Ecology will: Collaborate with an energy efficiency consultant to offer customized solutions and facilitate the adoption of pollution prevention practices, from process...