Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products

 

The goal of the Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products grant program is to support the development, enhanced standardization and transparency, and reporting criteria for environmental product declarations (EPDs) which include the measurement of embodied greenhouse gas emissions associated with all relevant stages of production, use, and disposal, in conformance with international standards. In support of this goal, EPA will provide grants to businesses that manufacture, remanufacture, and refurbish construction materials and products for developing and verifying environmental product declarations, and to States, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations that will support such businesses. Under this program, EPA plans to award in FY24 up to 40 grants and/or cooperative agreements, some potentially as "pass-through" grants to eligible entities. Per the Code of Federal Regulations (2 CFR 200.74), a pass-through entity is defined as a non-Federal entity that provides a subaward to a subrecipient to carry out part of a federal program. This grant program will lead to progress towards achieving the objectives of Section 60112 of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Active 66.721 Environmental Protection Agency B - Project Grants Not applicable. Inflation Reduction Act Section 60112, 42 US Code 4321 Eligible entities include businesses that manufacture, remanufacture, and refurbish construction materials and products, and States, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations that will support such businesses. Businesses are defined as for profit or nonprofit entities that manufacture, remanufacture, or refurbish construction materials. States include the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any agency or instrumentality thereof (including port authorities) exclusive of local governments. Indian tribes are defined as any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. Chapter 33), which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)). See annually published Bureau of Indian Affairs list of Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services." Note that Alaskan Native Corporations are Indian tribes for the purposes of 2 CFR 200.1. Nonprofits are defined as any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization, not including IHEs, that (1) Is operated primarily for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest; (2) Is not organized primarily for profit; and (3) Uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operations of the organization. Institutions of higher education (IHEs) who are non-profit organizations and/or agencies or instrumentalities of States. Private universities can demonstrate that they qualify as nonprofits based on the nature of how they are incorporated under state law or through their federal tax-exempt status. Ineligible applicants include entities who are not incorporated in the United States, for-profit firms who do not manufacture construction materials and products (e.g. consulting firms and individual consultants, management firms, architectural and engineering firms, information technology vendors, proprietary universities and trade schools), and Local governments as defined in 2 CFR 200.1. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy. Not applicable. As part of the eligibility requirements under this assistance listing, partnerships under cooperative agreements must be documented with a signed Letter of Commitment from the partner(s) detailing the parameters of the partnership, as well as the role and responsibilities of the partner(s). Nonprofit organizations may be required to provide documentation of their organizational status upon application. 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles applies to this program. Preapplication coordination is required. Regarding pre-application assistance with respect to competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, EPA will generally specify the nature of the pre-application assistance, if any, that will be available to applicants in the competitive announcement. For additional information, contact the individual(s) listed in the NOFO. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Applicants, except in limited circumstances approved by the Agency, must submit all initial applications for funding through Grants.gov. EPA will review and evaluate applications in accordance with the terms, conditions, and criteria stated in the NOFO. Competitions will be conducted in accordance with EPA policies/regulations for competing assistance agreements. Deadlines will be specified in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Approximately 180 days after deadline for application submission. Assistance agreement competition-related disputes will be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures published in 70 FR (Federal Register) 3629, 3630 (January 26, 2005). Copies of these procedures may also be found at: https://www.epa.gov/grants/grant-competition-dispute-resolution-procedures. Disputes relating to matters other than the competitive selection of recipients will be resolved under 2 CFR 1500 Subpart E, as applicable. Not applicable. The evaluation and selection criteria for awards under this assistance listing will be described in the NOFO. Grants and cooperative agreements are available to support recipients' allowable direct costs incident to approved grants and cooperative agreements plus allowable indirect costs, in accordance with established EPA policies and regulations. Performance Reports: Reporting requirements will be determined at the time of award. Grants and cooperative agreements are subject to inspections and audits by the Comptroller General of the United States, the EPA Office of Inspector General, and other EPA staff, or any authorized representative of the Federal government. Reviews by the EPA Project Officer and the Grants Specialist may occur each year. Recipients must keep financial records, including all documents supporting entries on accounting records and to substantiate changes in grants available to personnel authorized to examine EPA recipients grants and cooperative agreements records. Recipients must maintain all records until 3 years from the date of submission of final expenditure reports as required by 2 CFR 200.334. If questions, such as those raised because of audits remain following the 3-year period, recipients must retain records until the matter is completely resolved. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Grants and cooperative agreements under this program will be awarded with periods of performance of up to five years. Assistance agreements may be incrementally or fully funded. None/Not specified. Theresa Blaine
Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated for Construction Materials and Products Grants Program Managers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460 USA
blaine.theresa@epa.gov
Phone: 202-250-8848

Irene Queen
Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated for Construction Materials and Products Grants Program Managers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460 USA
queen.irene@epa.gov
Phone: 202-566-0974 https://www.epa.gov/inflation-reduction-act/inflation-reduction-act-programs-fight-climate-change-reducing-embodied 68-0108-0-1-000 (Project Grants) FY 22$0.00; FY 23 est $0.00; FY 24 est $50,000,000.00; - (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22$0.00; FY 23 est $0.00; FY 24 est $50,000,000.00; - Funding award amounts in FY 24 are expected to be $250,000 to $10 Million for up to $100 million in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding. EPA anticipates making awards in these funding subranges: 1. Grant awards from $250,000 to $750,000 with periods of performance of up to five years; 2. Incrementally funded grant and/or cooperative agreement awards from $750,000 to $5,000,000 with periods of performance of up to five years; and 3. Incrementally funded cooperative agreement awards with periods of performance of up to five years with funding of $5 to $10 million per award. 2 CFR Part 1500 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements) Not applicable.