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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 

EPA provides a portal to funding opportunities of interest to local governments available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (2021), covering topics including:

• Water Infrastructure
• Cleanup, Revitalization and Recycling Investments
• Electric and Low-emission School Buses
• Tribal Communities
• Pollution Prevention (assistance to businesses)

The Inflation Reduction Act

The Inflation Reduction Act (2022) includes a number of provisions with the potential to significantly affect the economics of decarbonization:

• What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Do for State and Local Government?
• Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Budget and Revenue Provisions. Summary outlining the IRA's budget and revenue provisions, including those pertaining to energy, environment, and transportation.
• Understanding the Inflation Reduction Act. Introduces several ways that local energy and climate programs can benefit from the IRA, including drought relief and funding for "resilience hubs." 
• Legislative Analysis for Counties: The Inflation Reduction Act.  Article published by NACO detailing the IRA's major provisions for counties as well as a section-by-section analysis of how funds have been allocated. 
• Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA): Provisions Related to Climate Change. Report identifies IRA provisions related to climate change. Includes abbreviated information about their content and the Congressional Budget Office's estimates of revenue effects over the period of the law. 

Recent Funding Opportunities

01/31/2023 - U.S. Department of Energy Announces the Buildings Upgrade Prize [more]

01/31/2023 - USDA's Water & Waste Disposal Predevelopment Planning Grants [more]

01/31/2023 - USDA's SEARCH - Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households Grant [more]

01/31/2023 - EPA Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program - $70 million [more]

01/31/2023 - EPA Announces Availability of $50 Million to Support States and Tribes Developing Programs for Carbon Sequestration and Groundwater Protection. [more]

01/25/2023 - EPA makes available $50M for Underground Injection Control programs [more]

01/17/2023 - The 2023 EJ Government-to-Government Program (EJG2G) Request for Applications is NOW OPEN!  [more]

01/10/2023 - DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program [more]

01/10/2023 - EPA’s FY23 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL): Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grants for Tribes & Intertribal Consortia (66.920) [more]

01/10/2023 - Ongoing Risk Mitigation Revolving Loan Fund Program [more]

12/19/2022 - Tribal Technical Assistance Program Accepting Applications [more]

12/06/2022 - Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Grants EPA-I-OLEM-OBLR-22-11 [more]

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01/31/2023 - EPA’s stormwater program published the newest volume of MS4 Compendium Series: Off-Site Stormwater Management.

01/31/2023 - EPA Announces Plans for Wastewater Regulations and Studies, Including Limits for PFAS, New Study for Nutrients

01/31/2023 - 5 new laws strengthen federal response to climate change

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