Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA OW OWM 16 01
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- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Environmental Finance Center Grant Program for EPA Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.203.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 14, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 29, 2016 Please see the announcement including Section IV for additional submission information. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,400,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Opportunity Summary:
The Environmental Finance Center Grant Program for EPA Region 8 is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support an established regional Environmental Finance Center (EFC) that serves the six EPA Region 8 states: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. The award is made as a cooperative agreement, which generally means the EPA expects to have substantial involvement during the project period (for example, collaborating on work planning, deliverables, and coordination with regional priorities). The overarching purpose is to strengthen the ability of regulated communities to pay for and sustain the investments needed to protect public health and the environment, while also emphasizing approaches that are sustainable and equitable.
The program is designed to deliver practical environmental finance expertise across multiple media areas (not limited to one program like drinking water or wastewater), with a strong focus on outreach and hands-on support. The intended clients are regulated parties and the organizations that support them, including state agencies, tribal governments, local governments, and private-sector entities that must comply with environmental requirements. The core idea is that meeting environmental standards often comes down to "how-to-pay" challenges: aging infrastructure, rising compliance costs, limited rate bases in rural areas, affordability constraints, and gaps in local financial and managerial capacity. This EFC is meant to help these communities move from identifying needs to actually financing and implementing solutions.
The eligible services described in the announcement center on finance-related training, technical assistance, finance studies, and other forms of analytical support. In practice, that can include workshops and trainings on budgeting and rate setting, long-term capital planning, asset management and reserve policies, debt and credit readiness, and strategies for improving financial capacity. It can also include tailored technical assistance to help a community evaluate options such as grants, state revolving funds, bonds, loans, public-private partnerships, and other financing structures, as well as support in packaging projects in ways that are fundable and sustainable over time.
A key emphasis of the EFC's work is education and capacity building around cost control and investment planning. The program specifically calls out helping communities lower costs where possible, increase investment in needed environmental projects, improve overall financial capacity, encourage full cost pricing (so rates and fees more accurately reflect the true costs of building, operating, maintaining, and replacing infrastructure), and identify and evaluate financing options that fit local conditions. That focus reflects EPA's recognition that technical compliance solutions are often available, but communities struggle with affordability, governance, and financial management systems needed to keep those solutions operating for decades.
From the funding details provided, EPA anticipated making a single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $2,400,000. The opportunity number is EPA OW OWM 16 01, and it is associated with CFDA 66.203. The announcement was created on July 14, 2016, and the original closing date was August 29, 2016, with applicants directed to the full announcement (including Section IV) for detailed submission instructions and eligibility clarifications. The eligibility category is listed as "Others," indicating that applicants had to consult the announcement's additional eligibility information to confirm which entity types could apply and under what conditions.
In short, this grant funds a Region 8 Environmental Finance Center to act as a specialized resource hub that helps communities and regulated entities in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming solve the financial side of environmental compliance. The expected outcome is not only better access to financing, but stronger long-term financial practices that make environmental investments more durable, affordable, and aligned with public health and environmental goals.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the Environmental Finance Center (EFC) Grant Program for EPA Region 8?
This is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support an established regional Environmental Finance Center (EFC) serving EPA Region 8. The funded EFC acts as a specialized resource hub focused on the financial side of environmental compliance and infrastructure investment.
Which states are served by the Region 8 Environmental Finance Center?
The EFC supported under this opportunity is intended to serve the six EPA Region 8 states: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
What is the main purpose of this grant?
The overarching purpose is to strengthen the ability of regulated communities to pay for and sustain the investments needed to protect public health and the environment, with an emphasis on approaches that are sustainable and equitable.
What does it mean that the award is a cooperative agreement?
A cooperative agreement generally means EPA expects substantial involvement during the project period. Examples noted in the announcement include collaboration on work planning, deliverables, and coordination with regional priorities.
How many awards did EPA anticipate making under this opportunity?
EPA anticipated making a single award (Expected Awards: 1).
What is the maximum funding amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling listed is $2,400,000.
What kinds of communities or entities are intended to benefit from the EFC services?
The intended clients include regulated parties and organizations that support them, such as state agencies, tribal governments, local governments, and private-sector entities that must comply with environmental requirements.
Is this program limited to drinking water or wastewater projects?
No. The program is designed to deliver practical environmental finance expertise across multiple media areas and is not limited to one program area such as drinking water or wastewater.
What problem is this grant program trying to solve?
The program focuses on "how-to-pay" challenges that often determine whether environmental standards can be met and sustained over time. Examples described include aging infrastructure, rising compliance costs, limited rate bases in rural areas, affordability constraints, and gaps in local financial and managerial capacity.
What types of services are supported under this opportunity?
The eligible services described include finance-related training, technical assistance, finance studies, and other analytical support aimed at helping communities identify, finance, and implement environmental solutions.
What are examples of training or workshop topics the EFC may provide?
Examples mentioned include budgeting and rate setting, long-term capital planning, asset management and reserve policies, debt and credit readiness, and strategies for improving financial capacity.
What types of technical assistance might the EFC provide to communities?
The EFC may provide tailored help to evaluate financing approaches such as grants, state revolving funds, bonds, loans, public-private partnerships, and other financing structures, as well as support in packaging projects so they are fundable and sustainable over time.
What does the program mean by "capacity building" and "education"?
The announcement emphasizes outreach, hands-on support, and practical education designed to improve local ability to plan for, pay for, and manage environmental investments over the long term.
What is meant by "full cost pricing" in this opportunity?
Full cost pricing refers to encouraging rates and fees that more accurately reflect the true costs of building, operating, maintaining, and replacing infrastructure.
Does the opportunity emphasize cost control as well as investment?
Yes. The program specifically calls out helping communities lower costs where possible while also increasing investment in needed environmental projects and improving overall financial capacity.
What outcomes is EPA expecting from the funded EFC?
Expected outcomes include better access to financing and stronger long-term financial practices so environmental investments are more durable, affordable, and aligned with public health and environmental goals.
What is the opportunity number and CFDA number?
The opportunity number is EPA OW OWM 16 01, and it is associated with CFDA 66.203.
When was this funding opportunity created and when did it close?
The announcement was created on July 14, 2016. The original closing date was August 29, 2016.
Who was eligible to apply?
The eligibility category is listed as "Others," and applicants were directed to consult the full announcement for additional eligibility information and clarifications on which entity types could apply and under what conditions.
Where could applicants find detailed submission instructions?
The announcement directed applicants to the full announcement (including Section IV) for detailed submission instructions and eligibility clarifications.
Is outreach a required or emphasized part of the EFC approach?
Yes. The program highlights outreach and hands-on support as central to delivering practical environmental finance expertise across the Region 8 states.
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