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State Innovation Grant Program,
Notice of Availability of Solicitation for
Proposals for 2009 Awards
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, National Center for
Environmental Innovation (NCEI) is
giving notice of the availability of its
solicitation for proposals for the 2009
grant program to support innovation by
state environmental regulatory
agencies—the ‘‘State Innovation Grant
Program.’’
The solicitation is available at the
Agency’s State Innovation Grant
website: https://www.epa.gov/
innovation/stategrants/
solicitation2009.pdf, or may be
requested from the Agency by e-mail to:
innovation_state_grants@epa.gov ,
telephone, or by mail. State principal
environmental agencies, as well as
regional, county, or municipal agencies
with delegated or re-delegated authority
for federal environmental permitting
programs are eligible to receive these
grants. In each state, each agency with
one or more primary delegations for
federal environmental permitting
programs from EPA, or a re-delegated
authority from a state agency with one
or more primary delegations from EPA
may submit one pre-proposal under this
solicitation, but may appear on multiple
team pre-proposals.
Any agency with a re-delegated
authority for a federal environmental
permitting program from a state
environmental agency must have that
principal state environmental regulatory
agency as an active member of the
project team.
DATES: Eligible applicants will have
until December 10, 2008 to respond
with a pre-proposal, budget, and project
summary. The environmental regulatory
agencies from the fifty (50) States;
Washington, DC, and four (4) territories
were notified of the solicitation’s
availability by fax and email
transmittals on October 9, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the solicitation
can be downloaded from the Agency’s
Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/
innovation/stategrants or may be
requested by telephone (202–566–2186),
or by e-mail
(innovation_state_grants@epa.gov). You
can request a solicitation application
package be sent to you by fax or by mail
by contacting NCEI as indicated below.
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Applicants are requested to apply
online using the grants.gov website with
an electronic signature. Applicants are
encouraged to submit their preproposals early. For those applicants
who lack the technical capability to
apply electronically via https://
www.grants.gov, please contact Sherri
Walker by phone at: (202) 566–2186 and
/ or by e-mail to:
innovation_state_grants@epa.gov for
alternative submission procedures.
Proposals submitted in response to this
solicitation, or questions concerning the
solicitation should be sent to:
State Innovation Grant Program,
National Center for Environmental
Innovation, Office of the Administrator,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(MC 1807T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–
2186, (202) 566–2220 FAX,
innovation_state_grants@epa.gov .
For courier delivery only:
Sherri Walker, State Innovation Grant
Program, U.S. EPA, EPA West Building,
Room 4214D, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20005.
Proposal responses or questions may
also be sent by fax to (202–566–2220),
addressed to the ‘‘State Innovation
Grant Program,’’ or by e-mail to:
innovation_state_grants@epa.gov . 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. EPA
will acknowledge all responses it
receives to this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
is soliciting pre-proposals for an
assistance agreement program (the
‘‘State Innovation Grant Program’’) in an
effort to support innovation by State
environmental regulatory agencies. In
April 2002, EPA issued its plan for
future innovation efforts, published as
Innovating for Better Environmental
Result: A Strategy to Guide the Next
Generation of Innovation at EPA (EPA
100–R–02–002; https://www.epa.gov/
innovation/pdf/strategy.pdf). This
assistance agreement 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 for ‘‘next generation’’
environmental protection and promise
better environmental outcomes and
other beneficial results. EPA is
interested in funding projects that: (i)
Go beyond a single facility experiment
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and provide change that is ‘‘systemsoriented;’’ (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.
‘‘Innovation in permitting’’ is the
theme for the 2009 solicitation. Under
this theme, EPA is interested in preproposals that:
• Support the development and
implementation of state Environmental
Results Programs (ERPs);
• Test various forms of permitting
integration;
• Test ways to help facilities
practicing lean manufacturing better
address environmental permit
requirements and other environmental
and energy considerations; or
• Advance implementation of
performance-based environmental
leadership programs similar to the
National Environmental Performance
Track (PT) program, particularly
including the development and
implementation of incentives.
EPA continues to interpret
‘‘innovation in permitting’’ broadly to
include permitting programs, pesticide
licensing programs, and other
alternatives or supplements to
permitting programs. EPA is interested
in creative approaches for both: (1)
Achieving mandatory federal and state
standards; and (2) encouraging
performance and addressing
environmental issues above and beyond
minimum requirements. EPA’s focus on
a small number of topics within this
general subject area effectively
concentrates the limited resources
available for greater strategic impact.
EPA may contemplate a very limited
number of projects not linked to these
focus areas, but otherwise related to the
general theme of innovation in
permitting, in particular as they address
EPA regional and state environmental
permitting priorities.
This solicitation begins the seventh
State Innovation Grant competition. To
date, the program has supported
projects primarily in three strategic
focus areas: application of the
Environmental Results Programs (ERP)
model, the National Environmental
Performance Track (PT) Program and
similar state performance-based
environmental leadership programs, and
demonstrations of various types of
permitting integration, including the
integration of Environmental
Management Systems (EMS) into permit
requirements. Thirty-eight awards to
States have been made from the six
prior competitions (2002, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008). These projects
awarded nearly 7.5 million dollars in
assistance to States. Some of the projects
funded previously fit into more than
one category (e.g., combination projects
of ERP with EMS, or ERP with PT).
Among the grant projects: eighteen (18)
were provided for development of
Environmental Results Programs, eight
(8) were to enhance performance-based
Environmental Leadership Programs,
nine (9) were related to the application
of environmental management systems
in permitting or for ‘‘beyondcompliance’’ improvement, seven (7)
were awarded for demonstrations of
other permit integration or streamlining
approaches including two (2) for
watershed-based permitting, one (1) to
support development of an integrated
regional air quality management plan,
one (1) to test permit integration across
various governmental levels, and one (1)
was for an information technology
innovation for the application of
geographic information systems (GIS)
and a web-based portal to a permitting
process. 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.
Dated: October 8, 2008.
Elizabeth Shaw,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy
Innovation.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8729-8]
State Innovation Grant Program, Notice of Availability of
Solicitation for Proposals for 2009 Awards
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for
Environmental Innovation (NCEI) is giving notice of the availability of
its solicitation for proposals for the 2009 grant program to support
innovation by state environmental regulatory agencies--the ``State
Innovation Grant Program.''
The solicitation is available at the Agency's State Innovation
Grant website: https://www.epa.gov/innovation/stategrants/
solicitation2009.pdf, or may be requested from the Agency by e-mail to:
innovation_state_grants@epa.gov , telephone, or by mail. State
principal environmental agencies, as well as regional, county, or
municipal agencies with delegated or re-delegated authority for federal
environmental permitting programs are eligible to receive these grants.
In each state, each agency with one or more primary delegations for
federal environmental permitting programs from EPA, or a re-delegated
authority from a state agency with one or more primary delegations from
EPA may submit one pre-proposal under this solicitation, but may appear
on multiple team pre-proposals.
Any agency with a re-delegated authority for a federal
environmental permitting program from a state environmental agency must
have that principal state environmental regulatory agency as an active
member of the project team.
DATES: Eligible applicants will have until December 10, 2008 to respond
with a pre-proposal, budget, and project summary. The environmental
regulatory agencies from the fifty (50) States; Washington, DC, and
four (4) territories were notified of the solicitation's availability
by fax and email transmittals on October 9, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the solicitation can be downloaded from the
Agency's Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/innovation/stategrants or may
be requested by telephone (202-566-2186), or by e-mail (innovation_
state_grants@epa.gov). You can request a solicitation application
package be sent to you by fax or by mail by contacting NCEI as
indicated below.
Applicants are requested to apply online using the grants.gov
website with an electronic signature. Applicants are encouraged to
submit their pre-proposals early. For those applicants who lack the
technical capability to apply electronically via https://www.grants.gov,
please contact Sherri Walker by phone at: (202) 566-2186 and / or by e-
mail to: innovation_state_grants@epa.gov for alternative submission
procedures. Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation, or
questions concerning the solicitation should be sent to:
State Innovation Grant Program, National Center for Environmental
Innovation, Office of the Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (MC 1807T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
(202) 566-2186, (202) 566-2220 FAX, innovation_state_grants@epa.gov .
For courier delivery only:
Sherri Walker, State Innovation Grant Program, U.S. EPA, EPA West
Building, Room 4214D, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20005.
Proposal responses or questions may also be sent by fax to (202-
566-2220), addressed to the ``State Innovation Grant Program,'' or by
e-mail to: innovation_state_grants@epa.gov . 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. EPA will acknowledge all responses
it receives to this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is soliciting pre-proposals for an assistance agreement program
(the ``State Innovation Grant Program'') in an effort to support
innovation by State environmental regulatory agencies. In April 2002,
EPA issued its plan for future innovation efforts, published as
Innovating for Better Environmental Result: A Strategy to Guide the
Next Generation of Innovation at EPA (EPA 100-R-02-002; https://
www.epa.gov/innovation/pdf/strategy.pdf). This assistance agreement
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 for ``next generation'' environmental protection and promise
better environmental outcomes and other beneficial results. EPA is
interested in funding projects that: (i) Go beyond a single facility
experiment
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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.
``Innovation in permitting'' is the theme for the 2009
solicitation. Under this theme, EPA is interested in pre-proposals
that:
Support the development and implementation of state
Environmental Results Programs (ERPs);
Test various forms of permitting integration;
Test ways to help facilities practicing lean manufacturing
better address environmental permit requirements and other
environmental and energy considerations; or
Advance implementation of performance-based environmental
leadership programs similar to the National Environmental Performance
Track (PT) program, particularly including the development and
implementation of incentives.
EPA continues to interpret ``innovation in permitting'' broadly to
include permitting programs, pesticide licensing programs, and other
alternatives or supplements to permitting programs. EPA is interested
in creative approaches for both: (1) Achieving mandatory federal and
state standards; and (2) encouraging performance and addressing
environmental issues above and beyond minimum requirements. EPA's focus
on a small number of topics within this general subject area
effectively concentrates the limited resources available for greater
strategic impact. EPA may contemplate a very limited number of projects
not linked to these focus areas, but otherwise related to the general
theme of innovation in permitting, in particular as they address EPA
regional and state environmental permitting priorities.
This solicitation begins the seventh State Innovation Grant
competition. To date, the program has supported projects primarily in
three strategic focus areas: application of the Environmental Results
Programs (ERP) model, the National Environmental Performance Track (PT)
Program and similar state performance-based environmental leadership
programs, and demonstrations of various types of permitting
integration, including the integration of Environmental Management
Systems (EMS) into permit requirements. Thirty-eight awards to States
have been made from the six prior competitions (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008). These projects awarded nearly 7.5 million dollars in
assistance to States. Some of the projects funded previously fit into
more than one category (e.g., combination projects of ERP with EMS, or
ERP with PT). Among the grant projects: eighteen (18) were provided for
development of Environmental Results Programs, eight (8) were to
enhance performance-based Environmental Leadership Programs, nine (9)
were related to the application of environmental management systems in
permitting or for ``beyond-compliance'' improvement, seven (7) were
awarded for demonstrations of other permit integration or streamlining
approaches including two (2) for watershed-based permitting, one (1) to
support development of an integrated regional air quality management
plan, one (1) to test permit integration across various governmental
levels, and one (1) was for an information technology innovation for
the application of geographic information systems (GIS) and a web-based
portal to a permitting process. 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.
Dated: October 8, 2008.
Elizabeth Shaw,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy Innovation.
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