The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting proposals for its National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Palau, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/02/2023
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The EPA Exchange Network Grant Program is soliciting project applications to support the Environmental Information Exchange Network (EN) to:
- Facilitate sharing of environmental data, especially through shared and reusable services.
- Reduce burden and avoid costs for co-regulators and the regulated community.
- Streamline data collection and exchanges to improve its timeliness for decision making.
- Increase the quality and access to environmental data through discovery, publishing, outbound and analytical services so it is more useful to environmental managers.
- Increase data and IT management capabilities needed to fully participate in the EN.
Funding Area
- Funding Area 1: Increased Data Access and Innovative Business Processes.
- Funding Area 2: Eliminate paper submittals and expand e-reporting
- Funding Area 3: Augment the information management capacity of EN partners
Goals
- Goal 1: Tackle the Climate Crisis
- Goal 2: Take Decisive Action to Advance Environmental Justice and Civil Rights
- Goal 3: Enforce Environmental Laws and Ensure Compliance
- Goal 4: Ensure Clean and Healthy Air for All Communities
- Goal 5: Ensure Clean and Safe Water for All Communities
- Goal 6: Safeguard and Revitalize Communities
- Goal 7: Ensure Safety of Chemicals for People and the Environment
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $9,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Award Floor: $100,000
Period of Performance
The expected period of performance for each assistance agreement is three years.
Eligible Applicants
- Consistent with the Assistance Listing for 66.608, eligible applicants for the Exchange Network Grant Program include states, U.S. Territories (i.e., American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the District of Columbia, Guam, Palau, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands), federally recognized Indian tribes and Alaska Native Villages and inter-tribal consortia of federally recognized tribes (e.g., the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission).
- Other entities, such as regional air pollution control districts and some public universities may apply for assistance if they are agencies or instrumentalities of a state or tribe under applicable laws. Entities asserting they are agencies or instrumentalities of a state must provide a letter from the appropriate state Attorney General certifying the applicant is an agency or instrumentality of the state. Entities asserting they are instrumentalities of a tribe must provide a certification and supporting documentation from the tribal council or other appropriate tribal government official certifying they are an instrumentality of the tribe. EPA will not accept or review an application which does not include the required documentation.
- The EPA recognizes that environmental programs and associated reporting obligations are sometimes delegated to local governments. Local governments are eligible to apply for EN assistance agreements if they can demonstrate that they are an instrumentality of the state by providing the documentation described in the preceding paragraph. However, most local governments implementing EPA programs are not agencies or instrumentalities of the state and therefore not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
