Multi-Media Capacity Building Grants for States and Tribes
Inactive
- Assistance listing
- 66.709
- Grant awards
- 205 $22,007,305 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Also known as
- Sector Program
- Assistance types
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- Project Grant
- Cooperative Agreement
- Eligible applicants
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- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals)
- Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments
- Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals
- U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
- Beneficiaries
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- U.S. Territories
- State
- Local
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.
About this program
The Environmental Protection Agency funds state and tribal environmental enforcement and compliance capacity building through grants supporting data system modernization, migration to integrated compliance systems, and training for environmental personnel, with the most recent award issued on October 1, 2012 (CFDA 66.709).
This program has not received new appropriations since fiscal year 2010, when Congress eliminated the Multi-Media Sector Grant line. The EPA obligated available prior-year funds through 2012, at which point award activity ceased. Between 2000 and 2012, the program distributed 205 awards totaling $22 million in federal dollars obligated, with total project costs of $24 million including recipient cost-share. Award volume peaked in 2009 with 16 grants, declined to single digits in 2010 and 2011, and ceased by 2012.
Awards are predominantly Project Grants (75 percent) with a substantial Cooperative Agreement component (25 percent). The EPA has been the sole funder across the program's history.
Recent funded activities center on three clusters: migration of environmental data from legacy permit compliance systems (PCS) to EPA's Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS-NPDES), including feasibility studies and data cleanup; electronic reporting infrastructure improvements such as NetDMR adoption and Title V submission automation; and environmental inspector training delivered regionally to state, tribal, and local enforcement personnel. Representative awards include a $1.2 million project grant to provide training to enforcement personnel across all 50 states and territories, a $843 thousand cooperative agreement with Puerto Rico's Department of Agriculture for pesticide enforcement program implementation, and multiple cooperative agreements in the $150 thousand to $300 thousand range to support state data system integration projects.
No grant opportunities are currently open. The program effectively ended as an active funding vehicle after the 2010 appropriation, though final awards from prior-year carryover continued through 2012.
Objective and description
- Objective
The general objectives of this program are to build and improve the capacity of States, multijurisdictional State organizations and federally recognized tribes by providing assistance agreements to foster environmental enforcement and compliance assurance activities and to improve compliance with environmental laws. Such capacity building efforts may include economic, social science, statistical research, development, studies, surveys, demonstrations, investigations, public education, training and fellowships to the extent authorized under the Acts listed above. These funds cannot be used for implementation of compliance monitoring and enforcement programs. Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2011: The Multi-Media Sector Grant was eliminated by Congress in the FY2010 Appropriations Bill. The Office of Compliance issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on September 30, 2010, entitiled, "Multi-Media State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) FY2010 Solicitation.", and the closing date was November 16, 2010. The Office of Compliance will use available funds from prior year appropriations to award project proposals that are approved for funding. The general purpose is to support state and tribal efforts to obtain technical assistance to ensure and enhance the continue flow of NPDES data from states and tribes to ICIS. The funding will support: 1) clean-up and migration of data from legacy PCS to ICIS-NPDES; 2) clean-up of migrated data within ICIS-NPDES; 3) feasibility studies and/or requirements analyses for what is necessary to fully populate required data in ICIS-NPDES; 4) pilot studies or prototypes of state and tribal processes for data collection and entering of required data into ICIS-NPDES, especially for new NPDES program areas such as CAFOs; and/or 5) feasibility studies and/or requirements analyses for state and tribal adoption of the NetDMR and/or other electronic reporting tools.
Grant awards
Latest 10 of 205 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puerto Rico Department Of Agriculture | $714,400 | 3% |
| 2 | Northern Arizona University | $697,340 | 3% |
| 3 | SAM Houston State University | $600,000 | 3% |
| 4 | Virginia Department Of Environmental Quality | $428,875 | 2% |
| 5 | Missouri Department Of Natural R | $412,376 | 2% |
| 6 | Texas Commission On Environmental Quality | $400,000 | 2% |
| 7 | Pennsylvania Department Of Environmental Protection | $392,000 | 2% |
| 8 | Colorado Department Of Public Health & Environment | $390,720 | 2% |
| 9 | Oregon Department Of Environmental Quality | $358,770 | 2% |
9 of 44 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2014 | $527,000 |
| FY2013 | $300,000 |
| FY2011 | $1,851,678 |
| FY2010 | $999,802 |
| FY2009 | $2,656,447 |
| FY2008 | $1,686,226 |
| FY2007 | $1,360,341 |
| FY2006 | $2,208,483 |
| FY2005 | $2,306,040 |
| FY2004 | $1,570,807 |
| FY2003 | $2,467,812 |
| FY2002 | $947,294 |
| FY2001 | $2,741,850 |
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Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 66.709?
Assistance Listing 66.709 is Multi-Media Capacity Building Grants for States and Tribes, a federal grant program run by Environmental Protection Agency. It is inactive.
What is the CFDA number for Multi-Media Capacity Building Grants for States and Tribes?
Its CFDA number is 66.709: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 66.709 awarded?
205 grant awards under 66.709 have obligated $22,007,305 in federal funds to 44 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 66.709?
The recipients obligated the most under Multi-Media Capacity Building Grants for States and Tribes are Puerto Rico Department Of Agriculture ($714,400), Northern Arizona University ($697,340) and SAM Houston State University ($600,000).
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