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Expertise Sought: The SAB Staff
Office requests nominations of
recognized experts from a wide range of
scientific and engineering disciplines
with experience and expertise in:
designing, implementing, applying and/
or communicating indicator information
and data at regional and national scales
to evaluate the condition of air, water,
and/or land environments, human
health, and/or ecological condition to
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including: (a) Environmental scientists
and engineers with knowledge of the
sources, fate, and transport of air
pollutants and outdoor and indoor air
quality indicators; (b) aquatic biologists,
ecologists, hydrologists, chemists,
oceanographers and microbiologists
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indicators for assessing human health
condition; e) ecologists with expertise in
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ecological effects of exposure to
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ecosystems; (f) statisticians with
expertise in analysis of environmental
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and trends in environmental condition;
and (g) decision scientists, social
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and environmental economists with
expertise in using and/or
communicating environmental indicator
information and formulating
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How to Submit Nominations: Any
interested person or organization may
nominate qualified individuals to be
considered for appointment on this SAB
committee. Candidates may also
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should be submitted in electronic
format (which is preferred over hard
copy) following the instructions for
‘‘Nominating Experts to Advisory Panels
and Ad Hoc Committees Being Formed’’
provided on the SAB Web site. The form
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sab. To receive full consideration,
nominations should include all of the
information requested.
EPA’s SAB Staff Office requests
contact information about: the person
making the nomination; contact
information about the nominee; the
disciplinary and specific areas of
expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s
curriculum vitae; sources of recent grant
and/or contract support; and a
biographical sketch of the nominee
indicating current position, educational
background, research activities, and
recent service on other national
advisory committees or national
professional organizations.
Persons having questions about the
nomination procedures, or who are
unable to submit nominations through
the SAB Web site, should contact Dr.
Thomas Armitage, DFO, at the contact
information provided above in this
notice. Non-electronic submissions
must follow the same format and
contain the same information as the
electronic.
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for which they have been nominated.
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respondents to this Federal Register
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other sources, the SAB Staff Office will
develop a smaller subset (known as the
‘‘Short List’’) for more detailed
consideration. The Short List will be
posted on the SAB Web site at: https://
www.epa.govc/sab and will include, for
each candidate, the nominee’s name and
biosketch. Public comments on the
Short List will be accepted for 21
calendar days. During this comment
period, the public will be requested to
provide information, analysis, or other
documentation on nominees that the
SAB Staff Office should consider in
evaluating candidates for the
Committee.
For the SAB, a balanced committee is
characterized by inclusion of candidates
who possess the necessary domains of
knowledge, the relevant scientific
perspectives (which, among other
factors, can be influenced by work
history and affiliation), and the
collective breadth of experience to
adequately address the charge. Public
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the Committee, along with information
provided by candidates and information
gathered by SAB Staff independently
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information and computer searches to
evaluate a nominee’s prior involvement
with the topic under review). Specific
criteria to be used in evaluation of an
individual Committee member include:
(a) Scientific and/or technical expertise,
knowledge, and experience (primary
factors); (b) absence of financial
conflicts of interest; (c) scientific
credibility and impartiality; (d)
availability and willingness to serve;
and (e) ability to work constructively
and effectively in committees.
Short List candidates will be required
to fill-out the ‘‘Confidential Financial
Disclosure Form for Special
Government Employees Serving on
Federal Advisory Committees at the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’’
(EPA Form 3110–48). This confidential
form allows Government officials to
determine whether there is a statutory
conflict between that person’s public
responsibilities (which includes
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advisory committee) and private
interests and activities, or the
appearance of a lack of impartiality, as
defined by Federal regulation. The form
may be viewed and downloaded from
the following URL address at: https://
www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110–
48.pdf.
Dated: July 17, 2008.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
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State Innovation Grant Program,
Preliminary Notice and Request for
Input on the Development of a
Solicitation for Proposals for 2009
Awards; Correction
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice is issued to
correct the Preliminary Notice and
Request for Input on the Development of
a Solicitation for Proposals for 2009
Awards originally published on July 9,
2008, in the Federal Register, 73 FR
39298–39301. This notice extends the
deadline one week from August 8, 2008,
to August 15, 2008, for response from
state environmental regulatory agencies;
and revises the list of contacts
specifically for EPA Regions 6, 8, and 9
found in the Opportunities for Dialogue
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section. All other information published
in the July 9 Notice remains the same.
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA or Agency), National
Center for Environmental Innovation
(NCEI) is giving preliminary notice of its
intention to solicit pre-proposals for a
2009 grant program to support
innovation by state environmental
agencies—the ‘‘State Innovation Grant
Program.’’ The Agency is also seeking
input from state environmental
regulatory agencies on the topic areas
for the solicitation. In addition, EPA is
asking each state environmental
regulatory agency to designate a point of
contact speaking on behalf of
management (in addition to the
Commissioner, Director, or Secretary)
who will be the point of contact for
further communication about the
upcoming solicitation. If your point of
contact from previous State Innovation
Grant solicitations is to be your contact
for this year’s competition, there is no
need to send that information again, as
all previously designated points of
contact will remain on our notification
list for this year’s competition. EPA
anticipates publication of a Solicitation
Announcement of Federal Funding
Opportunity on the Federal
government’s grants opportunities Web
site (https://www.grants.gov) to announce
the availability of the next solicitation
within 60 days.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions about this notice,
please contact EPA at this e-mail
address: innovation_state_grants@
epa.gov; or you may call Sherri Walker
at (202) 566–2186.
DATES: State environmental regulatory
agencies will have until August 15,
2008, to respond with: Suggestions for
specific topics that should be included
under the general subject area of
‘‘Innovation in Environmental
Permitting Programs’’ (e.g., topics with
1–2 paragraphs description) for the next
solicitation; and point-of-contact
information for the person within the
state environmental regulatory agency
(in addition to Commissioner, Director,
or Secretary) who will be designated to
receive future notices about the State
Innovation Grant competition. We will
automatically transmit notice of
availability of the solicitation to people
in state agencies identified for previous
solicitations.
ADDRESSES: We encourage e-mail
responses. Information should be
submitted in writing via e-mail to:
innovation_state_grants@epa.gov; or fax
to ‘‘State Innovation Grant Program’’ at
(202) 566–2220. If you have questions
about responding to this notice, please
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contact EPA at this e-mail address or fax
number, or you may call Sherri Walker
at (202) 566–2186.
EPA will acknowledge all responses it
receives to this notice. If you have not
received an acknowledgment from EPA
within three (3) days of the end of the
notice period, please send an e-mail to:
innovationlstatelgrants@epa.gov or
call Sherri Walker at (202) 566–2186.
Failure to do so may result in your
information or comments not being
received by the deadline. EPA will
respond to all questions in writing, and
all questions and responses will be
posted on the EPA State Innovation
Grant Web site at https://www.epa.gov/
innovation/stategrants. State agencies
are advised to monitor this Web site for
information posted in response to
questions received prior to and during
the competition period.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: In April 2002, EPA
issued its plan for future innovation
efforts, published as Innovating for
Better Environmental Results: A
Strategy to Guide the Next Generation of
Innovation at EPA (EPA 100–R–02–002;
https://www.epa.gov/innovation/pdf/
strategy.pdf). EPA’s Innovation Strategy
presents a framework for environmental
innovation consisting of four major
elements:
1. Strengthening EPA’s innovation
partnership with states and tribes;
2. Focusing on priority environmental
issues;
3. Diversifying environmental
protection tools and approaches; and
4. Fostering more ‘‘innovationfriendly’’ systems and organizational
cultures.
The State Innovation Grant Program
strengthens EPA’s partnership with the
states by supporting state innovation
compatible with EPA’s Innovation
Strategy. EPA wants to encourage states
to build on previous experience (theirs
and others) to undertake strategic
innovation projects that promote largerscale models with potential for broader
use for ‘‘next generation’’ environmental
protection that promise better
environmental outcomes and other
beneficial results. EPA is interested in
funding projects that: (i) Go beyond a
single facility experiment and provide
change that is ‘‘systems-oriented’’; (ii)
provide better results from a program,
process, or sector-wide innovation; and
(iii) promote integrated (multi-media)
environmental management with a high
potential for transfer to other states, U.S.
territories, and tribes.
Since 2002, EPA has sponsored six
State Innovation Grant Program
competitions that asked for State project
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pre-proposals that supported the general
theme of innovation in environmental
permitting. We interpret this theme
broadly to include alternatives to
permitting and the establishment of
incentives to go beyond compliance
with permit requirements. To date, the
program has supported projects
primarily in three strategic focus areas:
Application of the Environmental
Results Programs (ERP) model, state
performance-based environmental
leadership programs similar to the
National Environmental Performance
Track (PT) Program, and the application
of Environmental Management Systems
(EMS) and other integration tools in
permitting. EPA’s focus on a small
number of topics within this general
subject area effectively concentrates the
limited resources available for greater
strategic impact.
Thirty-eight awards to States have
been made from the six prior
competitions and information on those
projects can be found on the EPA Web
site at https://www.epa.gov/innovation/
stategrants/projects.htm. These projects
received collectively over 7 million
dollars in assistance. The assistance
agreement awards for these projects
were made to State environmental
regulatory agencies and most recently to
a commission within a state with a redelegated authority to administer an
environmental permitting program.
Among the grant projects, including
those with pending awards: Eighteen
(18) were provided for development of
Environmental Results Programs, nine
(9) were related to Environmental
Management Systems and permitting,
nine (9) were to enhance performancebased environmental leadership
programs, two (2) were for watershedbased permitting, two (2) were for
integrated permitting approaches, and
one (1) was for streamlining a storm
water permit program using an
innovation in information technology,
applying geographic information
systems (GIS) and a web-based portal to
a permit application and screening
process. Some of the projects funded fit
into more than one category (e.g.,
combination projects of ERP with PT, or
ERP with EMS). For information on
prior State Innovation Grant Program
solicitations and awards, please see the
EPA State Innovation Grants Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/innovation/
stategrants.
Agencies That Are Eligible To
Compete for the State Innovation Grant:
Historically, we have limited the
competition to state agencies with the
primary delegations from EPA for
permitting programs. We are aware that
some state agencies re-delegate their
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authorities for permitting programs to
regional, county, or municipal agencies.
Last year, EPA clarified the eligibility
definition in the solicitation to include
regional, county, or municipal agencies
with re-delegated permitting authority
for federal environmental permitting
programs. Again this year we will
consider these agencies for awards
providing that the principal state
environmental regulatory agency will be
an active member of the project team.
Agencies are encouraged to partner with
other governmental agencies or nongovernmental organizations within the
State (or outside of their state) that have
complementary environmental
mandates or symbiotic interests (e.g.,
energy, agriculture, natural resources
management, transportation, public
health).
EPA will accept only one preproposal in the competition per state.
An exception to that limit is anticipated
where, as in previous years, a multistate or state-tribal proposal will be
accepted in addition to an individual
state proposal. We believe it likely that
we will limit this exception so that a
state may appear in no more than one
multi-state or state-tribal proposal in
addition to its individual proposal.
States are also encouraged to partner
with other states and American Indian
tribes to address cross-boundary issues,
to encourage collaborative
environmental partnering within
industrial sectors or in certain topical
areas (e.g., agriculture), and to create
networks for peer-mentoring. EPA
regrets that because of the limitation in
available funding it is not yet able to
open this competition to American
Indian tribal environmental agencies but
we strongly encourage tribal agencies to
join with adjacent states in project
proposals. EPA is interested in hearing
from regional, county, or municipal
agencies about their interest, capacity,
and the likelihood of commitment from
the principal statewide regulatory entity
to assist a potential project.
Proposed General Topic Areas for
Solicitation: To increase the likelihood
of strategic impact with what we
anticipate to be limited funds, EPA
proposes to continue with the general
theme of ‘‘innovation in permitting,’’
and additionally to continue with the
focus on the three strategic topic areas
similar to the last competition: (1)
Projects that support the development of
state Environmental Results Programs
(ERP); (2) projects that implement
performance-based environmental
leadership programs by states, similar to
the National Environmental
Performance Track Program particularly
including the development and
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implementation of incentives; (3)
projects which involve the application
of Environmental Management Systems
(EMS), including those that explore the
relationship of EMS to permitting (see
EPA’s Strategy for Determining the Role
of EMS in Regulatory Programs at
https://www.epa.gov/ems or https://
www.epa.gov/ems/docs/EMS_and
the_Reg_Structure_41204F.pdf), or
otherwise support integrated or
multimedia strategies. Connected to
this, we are also interested in the
application of lean manufacturing tools
and techniques for improvement
(https://www.epa.gov/innovation/lean/)
in environmental performance and
energy efficiency. These proposals may
involve a linkage to permitting (e.g.,
reducing emissions to avoid exceeding
permit limits).
EPA intends to support state projects
that involve innovation in
environmental permitting (including
alternatives to permitting) related to one
of the EPA Innovation Strategy’s priority
environmental areas, or to other priority
areas identified previously by
individual states in collaboration with
EPA in a formal state-EPA agreement
such as a Performance Partnership
Agreement (PPA). EPA is interested in
projects that focus on priority
environmental issues, such as reducing
greenhouse gases (e.g., energy
efficiency), reducing smog, restoring
and maintaining water quality, and
reducing the cost of water and
wastewater infrastructure.
Request for Input on Solicitation
Topics and Priorities: EPA encourages
communication from States and other
parties about these three thematic areas
mentioned here and other areas
potentially ripe for innovation. EPA is
asking for state environmental
regulatory agencies and other interested
parties to provide brief (about 1
paragraph) suggestions about additional
innovation topics within the subject of
innovation in permitting for possible
inclusion in the upcoming solicitation.
In addition to the three topic areas (ERP,
PT, and EMS and integrated
approaches), EPA will continue to
encourage project proposals that address
the four major elements (i.e.,
strengthening innovation partnerships;
focusing on priority environmental
issues; diversifying environmental
protection tools and approaches; and
fostering ‘‘innovation-friendly’’ systems
and organizational cultures) and use
tools (i.e., incentives, information
resources, results-based goals and
measures, etc.) highlighted in the
Innovation Strategy. EPA may also
contemplate projects otherwise related
to the general theme of innovation in
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permitting, in particular as they may
address EPA regional and state
environmental priorities.
To date, the State Innovation Grant
Program has supported the application
of ERP for the following sectors:
• Auto body/auto repair/auto salvage
sectors,
• Underground storage tanks (UST),
• Dry cleaning operations,
• Printing,
• Animal feedlot operations,
• Injection well management,
• Oil and gas production,
• Food preparation facilities,
As well as a multi-sector application
targeted at storm water management.
We are interested in continuing the
EMS and permit integration theme, but
may consider introduction of greater
latitude under this theme such as the
integration of EMS into other business
systems such as lean manufacturing or
six sigma (https://www.epa.gov/
innovation/lean/). We also anticipate a
continued interested in projects that
promote the development of state
performance track-like projects, perhaps
including ‘‘on-ramp’’ approaches for
potential environmental leaders that
require upfront compliance assistance.
Potential applicants are advised
outright that State Innovation Grants
will not be awarded for the
development or demonstration of new
environmental technologies, nor will
they be awarded for the development of
information systems or data or projects
that have as a primary focus the
upgrading of information technology
systems, unless there is a clear link to
innovation in specific permitting
programs.
Projects will be much less likely to be
funded through this State Innovation
Grant if agency resources pertinent to
the topic are already available through
another EPA program. Project selections
and awards will be subject to funding
availability. State environmental
regulatory agencies and other
respondents should send their
suggestions to EPA by e-mail or fax as
described in the ADDRESSES section
above.
Request for Input on Diffuse
Delegations and Designation of a
Primary Point of Contact: One of the
principal goals of the State Innovation
Grant program is the testing of an
integrated (multi-media) innovation
with the potential for replication or
broader application for other sectors, or
in permitting programs in other state or
tribal agencies. Because of the limitation
of funds we have historically limited the
competition to state agencies with a
primary delegation from EPA for
permitting programs. We have concerns
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that opening the competition to
regulatory entities at lower levels (e.g.,
air control boards, water quality
management districts, counties or
municipalities) may limit the range of
results and the potential for
transferability of innovative approaches.
We recognize, however, that in some
instances states have re-delegated
programs to regional or local agencies
and that those agencies may manage
substantial permitting programs. EPA is
seeking comment from states that may
have re-delegated several authorities to
other governing regional or municipal
agencies or boards rather than in one
centralized state environmental
regulatory agency and from the boards
and districts on how we might better
accommodate those delegations in this
program and take advantage of the
expertise in those programs while
maintaining the strategically important
goal of testing innovation for broad
application and transferability. EPA is
not seeking comments on our widening
of eligibility to agencies with redelegated authority. We are seeking to
determine how many states and entities
with re-delegated authority may be
anticipating submitting a pre-proposal.
Also, we are seeking specific feedback
on topical input that these groups may
want to give us.
EPA asks that each state
environmental regulatory agency
designate a primary point-of-contact
who we will add to the EPA notification
list for further announcements about the
State Innovation Grant Program. For
point of contact information, please
provide: Name, title, department and
agency, street or post office address,
city, state, ZIP code, telephone, fax
number, and e-mail address. If your
point of contact from previous State
Innovation Grant solicitations is to be
your contact for this year’s competition,
there is no need to send that
information again, as all previously
designated points of contact will remain
on our notification list for this year’s
competition. We are asking that any
new name be submitted with the
knowledge and approval of the highest
levels of management within an Agency
(Commissioner, Director, Secretary, or
their deputies). Please submit this
information to EPA by mail, fax, or email prior to August 15, 2008, in the
following manner.
By e-mail to: Innovation_State_
Grants@EPA.gov.
By fax to: State Innovation Grant
Program; (202) 566–2220.
We encourage e-mail responses. If you
have questions about responding to this
notice, please contact EPA at this e-mail
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Sherri Walker at (202) 566–2186. For
point-of-contact information, please
provide: Name, title, department and
agency, mailing address (street or P.O.
Box), city, state, ZIP code, telephone,
fax number, and e-mail address. EPA
will acknowledge all responses it
receives to this notice.
Opportunity for Dialogue: Between
now and the initiation of the
competition with the release of the
solicitation, communication with
potential applicants is allowed. This
communication may include helping
potential applicants determine whether
the applicant itself is eligible or if the
scope of an applicant’s potential project
is suitable for funding, as well as
responding to general requests for
clarification of the notice. To ensure an
equal opportunity for all potential
applicants, responses to questions that
come to us during the period between
this pre-announcement and the release
of the solicitation along with helpful
resource materials will be posted on the
State Innovation Grant Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/innovation/
stategrants. States are also invited to
communicate with NCEI about ideas for
future competition themes by contacting
the EPA Headquarters contact listed
below. The contacts for the EPA Regions
and the EPA HQ National Center for
Environmental Innovation are as
follows:
Anne Leiby or Josh Secunda, U.S. EPA
Region 1, 1 Congress Street, Suite
1100, Boston, MA 02114–2023, (617)
918–1076 or (617) 918–1736,
leiby.anne@epa.gov or
secunda.josh@epa.gov, States: CT,
MA, ME, NH, RI, VT.
Jennifer Thatcher, U.S. EPA Region 2,
290 Broadway, 26th Floor, New York,
NY 10007–1866, (212) 637–3593,
thatcher.jennifer@epa.gov, States &
Territories: NJ, NY, PR, VI.
Michael Dunn, U.S. EPA Region 3, 1650
Arch Street (3EA40), Philadelphia, PA
19103, (215) 814–2712,
dunn.michael@epa.gov, States: DC,
DE, MD, PA, VA, WV.
LaToya Miller, U.S. EPA Region 4, 61
Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA
30303, (404) 562–9885,
miller.latoya@epa.gov, States: AL, FL,
GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN.
Marilou Martin, U.S. EPA Region 5, 77
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL
60604–3507, (312) 353–9660,
martin.marilou@epa.gov, States: IL,
IN, MI, MN, OH, WI.
Craig Weeks or David Bond, U.S. EPA
Region 6, Fountain Place, Suite 1200,
1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202–
2733, (214) 665–7505 or (214) 665–
6431, weeks.craig@epa.gov or
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bond.david@epa.gov, States: AR, LA,
NM, OK, TX.
Wendy Lubbe, U.S. EPA Region 7, 901
North 5th Street, Kansas City, KS
66101, (913) 551–7551,
lubbe.wendy@epa.gov, States: IA, KS,
MO, NE.
Jack Hidinger or Anthony Deloach, U.S.
EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street,
Denver, CO 80202–1129, (303) 312–
6387 or (303) 312–6070,
hidinger.jack@epa.gov or
deloach.anthony@epa.gov, States: CO,
MT, ND, SD, UT, WY.
Kathi Moore or Teddy Ryerson, U.S.
EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street
(WTR–1), San Francisco, CA 94105,
(415) 972–3271 or (415) 947–8705,
moore.kathi@epa.gov or
ryerson.teddy@epa.gov, States and
Territories: AS, AZ, CA, GU, HI, NV.
Bill Glasser, U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200
Sixth Avenue (ENF–T), Seattle, WA
98101, (206) 553–7215,
glasser.william@epa.gov, States: AK,
ID, OR, WA.
Headquarters Office: Sherri Walker,
U.S. EPA (MC 1807T), National Center
for Environmental Innovation, State
Innovation Grants Program, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, send an e-mail
to innovation_state_grants@epa.gov, call
(202) 566–2186, or fax (202) 566–2220.
Opportunity for Pre-Competition
Briefings and Addressing Questions: In
addition, prior to this year’s solicitation,
we are planning to host a series of
informational meetings and
opportunities for question and answer
(Q&A) sessions via teleconference calls.
These conference calls will enable us to
offer two-hour streamlined
informational sessions to all States prior
to our solicitation, and will allow us to
answer any questions that the States
have prior to the competition, in
keeping with Federal requirements that
we afford assistance fairly in a
competition process. Specific
conference call logistics and grant
resource information will be provided to
each Region as well as being posted on
our Web site at https://www.epa.gov/
innovation/stategrants. Pre-competition
briefing summaries and all other
resource materials will be posted on the
Web site at https://www.epa.gov/
innovation/stategrants. Through this
effort, we are hoping to encourage
individual States, State-led teams, or
other eligible applicants (e.g., regional,
county, or municipal agencies with
delegated authority for federal
environmental permitting programs) to
submit well-developed pre-proposals
that effectively describe in particular
how their project will achieve
measurable environmental results.
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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s proposed
registration review final decision for the
pesticide sulfluramid and opens a
public comment period on the proposed
registration review decision.
Registration review final is EPA’s
periodic review of pesticide
registrations to ensure that each
pesticide continues to satisfy the
statutory standard for registration, that
is, that the pesticide can perform its
intended function without unreasonable
adverse effects on human health or the
environment. Through this program,
EPA is ensuring that each pesticide’s
registration is based on current
scientific and other knowledge,
including its effects on human health
and the environment.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 22, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007-1082, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket Facility telephone number is
(703) 305–5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007-
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1082. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the docket
without change and may be made
available on-line at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your e-mail address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the docket and made available
on the Internet. If you submit an
electronic comment, EPA recommends
that you include your name and other
contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM
you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the docket index available
in regulations.gov. To access the
electronic docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, select ‘‘Advanced
Search,’’ then ‘‘Docket Search.’’ Insert
the docket ID number where indicated
and select the ‘‘Submit’’ button. Follow
the instructions on the regulations.gov
website to view the docket index or
access available documents. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either in the
electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S–
4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.),
2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The
hours of operation of this Docket
Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket Facility telephone
number is (703) 305–5805.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rosanna Louie, Special Review and
Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (703) 308–
0037; fax number: (703) 308–8005 email address: louie.rosanna@epa.gov or
the specific Regulatory contact, as
identified in the Table in Unit II.A. for
the pesticide of interest.
For general questions on the
registration review program, contact
Kevin Costello, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (703) 305–
5056; fax number: (703) 308–8090; email address: caulkins.peter@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of interest to a
wide range of stakeholders including
environmental, human health, farm
worker, and agricultural advocates; the
chemical industry; pesticide users; and
members of the public interested in the
sale, distribution, or use of pesticides.
Since others also may be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected
by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare
My Comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark
the part or all of the information that
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD-ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
CD-ROM the specific information that is
claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When submitting comments, remember
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State Innovation Grant Program, Preliminary Notice and Request
for Input on the Development of a Solicitation for Proposals for 2009
Awards; Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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SUMMARY: This notice is issued to correct the Preliminary Notice and
Request for Input on the Development of a Solicitation for Proposals
for 2009 Awards originally published on July 9, 2008, in the Federal
Register, 73 FR 39298-39301. This notice extends the deadline one week
from August 8, 2008, to August 15, 2008, for response from state
environmental regulatory agencies; and revises the list of contacts
specifically for EPA Regions 6, 8, and 9 found in the Opportunities for
Dialogue
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section. All other information published in the July 9 Notice remains
the same.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency), National
Center for Environmental Innovation (NCEI) is giving preliminary notice
of its intention to solicit pre-proposals for a 2009 grant program to
support innovation by state environmental agencies--the ``State
Innovation Grant Program.'' The Agency is also seeking input from state
environmental regulatory agencies on the topic areas for the
solicitation. In addition, EPA is asking each state environmental
regulatory agency to designate a point of contact speaking on behalf of
management (in addition to the Commissioner, Director, or Secretary)
who will be the point of contact for further communication about the
upcoming solicitation. If your point of contact from previous State
Innovation Grant solicitations is to be your contact for this year's
competition, there is no need to send that information again, as all
previously designated points of contact will remain on our notification
list for this year's competition. EPA anticipates publication of a
Solicitation Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity on the Federal
government's grants opportunities Web site (https://www.grants.gov) to
announce the availability of the next solicitation within 60 days.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notice, please contact EPA at this e-mail address: innovation_state_
grants@epa.gov; or you may call Sherri Walker at (202) 566-2186.
DATES: State environmental regulatory agencies will have until August
15, 2008, to respond with: Suggestions for specific topics that should
be included under the general subject area of ``Innovation in
Environmental Permitting Programs'' (e.g., topics with 1-2 paragraphs
description) for the next solicitation; and point-of-contact
information for the person within the state environmental regulatory
agency (in addition to Commissioner, Director, or Secretary) who will
be designated to receive future notices about the State Innovation
Grant competition. We will automatically transmit notice of
availability of the solicitation to people in state agencies identified
for previous solicitations.
ADDRESSES: We encourage e-mail responses. Information should be
submitted in writing via e-mail to: innovation_state_grants@epa.gov;
or fax to ``State Innovation Grant Program'' at (202) 566-2220. If you
have questions about responding to this notice, please contact EPA at
this e-mail address or fax number, or you may call Sherri Walker at
(202) 566-2186.
EPA will acknowledge all responses it receives to this notice. If
you have not received an acknowledgment from EPA within three (3) days
of the end of the notice period, please send an e-mail to: innovation_
state_grants@epa.gov or call Sherri Walker at (202) 566-2186. Failure
to do so may result in your information or comments not being received
by the deadline. EPA will respond to all questions in writing, and all
questions and responses will be posted on the EPA State Innovation
Grant Web site at https://www.epa.gov/innovation/stategrants. State
agencies are advised to monitor this Web site for information posted in
response to questions received prior to and during the competition
period.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: In April 2002, EPA issued its plan for future
innovation efforts, published as Innovating for Better Environmental
Results: A Strategy to Guide the Next Generation of Innovation at EPA
(EPA 100-R-02-002; https://www.epa.gov/innovation/pdf/strategy.pdf).
EPA's Innovation Strategy presents a framework for environmental
innovation consisting of four major elements:
1. Strengthening EPA's innovation partnership with states and
tribes;
2. Focusing on priority environmental issues;
3. Diversifying environmental protection tools and approaches; and
4. Fostering more ``innovation-friendly'' systems and
organizational cultures.
The State Innovation Grant Program strengthens EPA's partnership
with the states by supporting state innovation compatible with EPA's
Innovation Strategy. EPA wants to encourage states to build on previous
experience (theirs and others) to undertake strategic innovation
projects that promote larger-scale models with potential for broader
use for ``next generation'' environmental protection that promise
better environmental outcomes and other beneficial results. EPA is
interested in funding projects that: (i) Go beyond a single facility
experiment and provide change that is ``systems-oriented''; (ii)
provide better results from a program, process, or sector-wide
innovation; and (iii) promote integrated (multi-media) environmental
management with a high potential for transfer to other states, U.S.
territories, and tribes.
Since 2002, EPA has sponsored six State Innovation Grant Program
competitions that asked for State project pre-proposals that supported
the general theme of innovation in environmental permitting. We
interpret this theme broadly to include alternatives to permitting and
the establishment of incentives to go beyond compliance with permit
requirements. To date, the program has supported projects primarily in
three strategic focus areas: Application of the Environmental Results
Programs (ERP) model, state performance-based environmental leadership
programs similar to the National Environmental Performance Track (PT)
Program, and the application of Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
and other integration tools in permitting. EPA's focus on a small
number of topics within this general subject area effectively
concentrates the limited resources available for greater strategic
impact.
Thirty-eight awards to States have been made from the six prior
competitions and information on those projects can be found on the EPA
Web site at https://www.epa.gov/innovation/stategrants/projects.htm.
These projects received collectively over 7 million dollars in
assistance. The assistance agreement awards for these projects were
made to State environmental regulatory agencies and most recently to a
commission within a state with a re-delegated authority to administer
an environmental permitting program. Among the grant projects,
including those with pending awards: Eighteen (18) were provided for
development of Environmental Results Programs, nine (9) were related to
Environmental Management Systems and permitting, nine (9) were to
enhance performance-based environmental leadership programs, two (2)
were for watershed-based permitting, two (2) were for integrated
permitting approaches, and one (1) was for streamlining a storm water
permit program using an innovation in information technology, applying
geographic information systems (GIS) and a web-based portal to a permit
application and screening process. Some of the projects funded fit into
more than one category (e.g., combination projects of ERP with PT, or
ERP with EMS). For information on prior State Innovation Grant Program
solicitations and awards, please see the EPA State Innovation Grants
Web site at https://www.epa.gov/innovation/stategrants.
Agencies That Are Eligible To Compete for the State Innovation
Grant: Historically, we have limited the competition to state agencies
with the primary delegations from EPA for permitting programs. We are
aware that some state agencies re-delegate their
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authorities for permitting programs to regional, county, or municipal
agencies. Last year, EPA clarified the eligibility definition in the
solicitation to include regional, county, or municipal agencies with
re-delegated permitting authority for federal environmental permitting
programs. Again this year we will consider these agencies for awards
providing that the principal state environmental regulatory agency will
be an active member of the project team. Agencies are encouraged to
partner with other governmental agencies or non-governmental
organizations within the State (or outside of their state) that have
complementary environmental mandates or symbiotic interests (e.g.,
energy, agriculture, natural resources management, transportation,
public health).
EPA will accept only one pre-proposal in the competition per state.
An exception to that limit is anticipated where, as in previous years,
a multi-state or state-tribal proposal will be accepted in addition to
an individual state proposal. We believe it likely that we will limit
this exception so that a state may appear in no more than one multi-
state or state-tribal proposal in addition to its individual proposal.
States are also encouraged to partner with other states and American
Indian tribes to address cross-boundary issues, to encourage
collaborative environmental partnering within industrial sectors or in
certain topical areas (e.g., agriculture), and to create networks for
peer-mentoring. EPA regrets that because of the limitation in available
funding it is not yet able to open this competition to American Indian
tribal environmental agencies but we strongly encourage tribal agencies
to join with adjacent states in project proposals. EPA is interested in
hearing from regional, county, or municipal agencies about their
interest, capacity, and the likelihood of commitment from the principal
statewide regulatory entity to assist a potential project.
Proposed General Topic Areas for Solicitation: To increase the
likelihood of strategic impact with what we anticipate to be limited
funds, EPA proposes to continue with the general theme of ``innovation
in permitting,'' and additionally to continue with the focus on the
three strategic topic areas similar to the last competition: (1)
Projects that support the development of state Environmental Results
Programs (ERP); (2) projects that implement performance-based
environmental leadership programs by states, similar to the National
Environmental Performance Track Program particularly including the
development and implementation of incentives; (3) projects which
involve the application of Environmental Management Systems (EMS),
including those that explore the relationship of EMS to permitting (see
EPA's Strategy for Determining the Role of EMS in Regulatory Programs
at https://www.epa.gov/ems or https://www.epa.gov/ems/docs/EMS_and the_
Reg_Structure_41204F.pdf), or otherwise support integrated or
multimedia strategies. Connected to this, we are also interested in the
application of lean manufacturing tools and techniques for improvement
(https://www.epa.gov/innovation/lean/) in environmental performance and
energy efficiency. These proposals may involve a linkage to permitting
(e.g., reducing emissions to avoid exceeding permit limits).
EPA intends to support state projects that involve innovation in
environmental permitting (including alternatives to permitting) related
to one of the EPA Innovation Strategy's priority environmental areas,
or to other priority areas identified previously by individual states
in collaboration with EPA in a formal state-EPA agreement such as a
Performance Partnership Agreement (PPA). EPA is interested in projects
that focus on priority environmental issues, such as reducing
greenhouse gases (e.g., energy efficiency), reducing smog, restoring
and maintaining water quality, and reducing the cost of water and
wastewater infrastructure.
Request for Input on Solicitation Topics and Priorities: EPA
encourages communication from States and other parties about these
three thematic areas mentioned here and other areas potentially ripe
for innovation. EPA is asking for state environmental regulatory
agencies and other interested parties to provide brief (about 1
paragraph) suggestions about additional innovation topics within the
subject of innovation in permitting for possible inclusion in the
upcoming solicitation. In addition to the three topic areas (ERP, PT,
and EMS and integrated approaches), EPA will continue to encourage
project proposals that address the four major elements (i.e.,
strengthening innovation partnerships; focusing on priority
environmental issues; diversifying environmental protection tools and
approaches; and fostering ``innovation-friendly'' systems and
organizational cultures) and use tools (i.e., incentives, information
resources, results-based goals and measures, etc.) highlighted in the
Innovation Strategy. EPA may also contemplate projects otherwise
related to the general theme of innovation in permitting, in particular
as they may address EPA regional and state environmental priorities.
To date, the State Innovation Grant Program has supported the
application of ERP for the following sectors:
Auto body/auto repair/auto salvage sectors,
Underground storage tanks (UST),
Dry cleaning operations,
Printing,
Animal feedlot operations,
Injection well management,
Oil and gas production,
Food preparation facilities,
As well as a multi-sector application targeted at storm water
management.
We are interested in continuing the EMS and permit integration
theme, but may consider introduction of greater latitude under this
theme such as the integration of EMS into other business systems such
as lean manufacturing or six sigma (https://www.epa.gov/innovation/lean/
). We also anticipate a continued interested in projects that promote
the development of state performance track-like projects, perhaps
including ``on-ramp'' approaches for potential environmental leaders
that require upfront compliance assistance.
Potential applicants are advised outright that State Innovation
Grants will not be awarded for the development or demonstration of new
environmental technologies, nor will they be awarded for the
development of information systems or data or projects that have as a
primary focus the upgrading of information technology systems, unless
there is a clear link to innovation in specific permitting programs.
Projects will be much less likely to be funded through this State
Innovation Grant if agency resources pertinent to the topic are already
available through another EPA program. Project selections and awards
will be subject to funding availability. State environmental regulatory
agencies and other respondents should send their suggestions to EPA by
e-mail or fax as described in the ADDRESSES section above.
Request for Input on Diffuse Delegations and Designation of a
Primary Point of Contact: One of the principal goals of the State
Innovation Grant program is the testing of an integrated (multi-media)
innovation with the potential for replication or broader application
for other sectors, or in permitting programs in other state or tribal
agencies. Because of the limitation of funds we have historically
limited the competition to state agencies with a primary delegation
from EPA for permitting programs. We have concerns
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that opening the competition to regulatory entities at lower levels
(e.g., air control boards, water quality management districts, counties
or municipalities) may limit the range of results and the potential for
transferability of innovative approaches. We recognize, however, that
in some instances states have re-delegated programs to regional or
local agencies and that those agencies may manage substantial
permitting programs. EPA is seeking comment from states that may have
re-delegated several authorities to other governing regional or
municipal agencies or boards rather than in one centralized state
environmental regulatory agency and from the boards and districts on
how we might better accommodate those delegations in this program and
take advantage of the expertise in those programs while maintaining the
strategically important goal of testing innovation for broad
application and transferability. EPA is not seeking comments on our
widening of eligibility to agencies with re-delegated authority. We are
seeking to determine how many states and entities with re-delegated
authority may be anticipating submitting a pre-proposal. Also, we are
seeking specific feedback on topical input that these groups may want
to give us.
EPA asks that each state environmental regulatory agency designate
a primary point-of-contact who we will add to the EPA notification list
for further announcements about the State Innovation Grant Program. For
point of contact information, please provide: Name, title, department
and agency, street or post office address, city, state, ZIP code,
telephone, fax number, and e-mail address. If your point of contact
from previous State Innovation Grant solicitations is to be your
contact for this year's competition, there is no need to send that
information again, as all previously designated points of contact will
remain on our notification list for this year's competition. We are
asking that any new name be submitted with the knowledge and approval
of the highest levels of management within an Agency (Commissioner,
Director, Secretary, or their deputies). Please submit this information
to EPA by mail, fax, or e-mail prior to August 15, 2008, in the
following manner.
By e-mail to: Innovation_State_Grants@EPA.gov.
By fax to: State Innovation Grant Program; (202) 566-2220.
We encourage e-mail responses. If you have questions about
responding to this notice, please contact EPA at this e-mail address or
fax number, or you may call Sherri Walker at (202) 566-2186. For point-
of-contact information, please provide: Name, title, department and
agency, mailing address (street or P.O. Box), city, state, ZIP code,
telephone, fax number, and e-mail address. EPA will acknowledge all
responses it receives to this notice.
Opportunity for Dialogue: Between now and the initiation of the
competition with the release of the solicitation, communication with
potential applicants is allowed. This communication may include helping
potential applicants determine whether the applicant itself is eligible
or if the scope of an applicant's potential project is suitable for
funding, as well as responding to general requests for clarification of
the notice. To ensure an equal opportunity for all potential
applicants, responses to questions that come to us during the period
between this pre-announcement and the release of the solicitation along
with helpful resource materials will be posted on the State Innovation
Grant Web site at https://www.epa.gov/innovation/stategrants. States are
also invited to communicate with NCEI about ideas for future
competition themes by contacting the EPA Headquarters contact listed
below. The contacts for the EPA Regions and the EPA HQ National Center
for Environmental Innovation are as follows:
Anne Leiby or Josh Secunda, U.S. EPA Region 1, 1 Congress Street, Suite
1100, Boston, MA 02114-2023, (617) 918-1076 or (617) 918-1736,
leiby.anne@epa.gov or secunda.josh@epa.gov, States: CT, MA, ME, NH, RI,
VT.
Jennifer Thatcher, U.S. EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, 26th Floor, New
York, NY 10007-1866, (212) 637-3593, thatcher.jennifer@epa.gov, States
& Territories: NJ, NY, PR, VI.
Michael Dunn, U.S. EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch Street (3EA40),
Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 814-2712, dunn.michael@epa.gov, States:
DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV.
LaToya Miller, U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA
30303, (404) 562-9885, miller.latoya@epa.gov, States: AL, FL, GA, KY,
MS, NC, SC, TN.
Marilou Martin, U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
IL 60604-3507, (312) 353-9660, martin.marilou@epa.gov, States: IL, IN,
MI, MN, OH, WI.
Craig Weeks or David Bond, U.S. EPA Region 6, Fountain Place, Suite
1200, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202-2733, (214) 665-7505 or (214)
665-6431, weeks.craig@epa.gov or bond.david@epa.gov, States: AR, LA,
NM, OK, TX.
Wendy Lubbe, U.S. EPA Region 7, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas City, KS
66101, (913) 551-7551, lubbe.wendy@epa.gov, States: IA, KS, MO, NE.
Jack Hidinger or Anthony Deloach, U.S. EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop
Street, Denver, CO 80202-1129, (303) 312-6387 or (303) 312-6070,
hidinger.jack@epa.gov or deloach.anthony@epa.gov, States: CO, MT, ND,
SD, UT, WY.
Kathi Moore or Teddy Ryerson, U.S. EPA Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street
(WTR-1), San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 972-3271 or (415) 947-8705,
moore.kathi@epa.gov or ryerson.teddy@epa.gov, States and Territories:
AS, AZ, CA, GU, HI, NV.
Bill Glasser, U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue (ENF-T), Seattle,
WA 98101, (206) 553-7215, glasser.william@epa.gov, States: AK, ID, OR,
WA.
Headquarters Office: Sherri Walker, U.S. EPA (MC 1807T), National
Center for Environmental Innovation, State Innovation Grants Program,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, send an e-mail to
innovation_state_grants@epa.gov, call (202) 566-2186, or fax (202)
566-2220.
Opportunity for Pre-Competition Briefings and Addressing Questions:
In addition, prior to this year's solicitation, we are planning to host
a series of informational meetings and opportunities for question and
answer (Q&A) sessions via teleconference calls. These conference calls
will enable us to offer two-hour streamlined informational sessions to
all States prior to our solicitation, and will allow us to answer any
questions that the States have prior to the competition, in keeping
with Federal requirements that we afford assistance fairly in a
competition process. Specific conference call logistics and grant
resource information will be provided to each Region as well as being
posted on our Web site at https://www.epa.gov/innovation/stategrants.
Pre-competition briefing summaries and all other resource materials
will be posted on the Web site at https://www.epa.gov/innovation/
stategrants. Through this effort, we are hoping to encourage individual
States, State-led teams, or other eligible applicants (e.g., regional,
county, or municipal agencies with delegated authority for federal
environmental permitting programs) to submit well-developed pre-
proposals that effectively describe in particular how their project
will achieve measurable environmental results.
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Dated: July 16, 2008.
Elizabeth Shaw,
Office Director, National Center for Environmental Innovation.
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