Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0344-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-06-15T04:00Z

Pollution
Prevention
Information
Network
Grants
Request
for
Proposals
­
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
­
EPA
Pollution
Prevention
Pollution
Prevention
Information
Network
Grants
Request
for
Proposals
2005
OVERVIEW
Sponsoring
Agency
and
Office:
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Office
of
Prevention,
Pesticides
and
Toxic
Substances,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics,
Pollution
Prevention
Division
Funding
Opportunity
Title:
Pollution
Prevention
Information
Network
Grants
Announcement
Type:
Request
for
Applications
for
Fiscal
Year
2005.

Funding
Opportunity
Number:
05/
20/
05
PPD
Catalog
of
Federal
Domestic
Assistance
(
CFDA)
Number:
66.708
Application
Submission
Dates:
Applications
must
be
submitted
by
July
6,
2005.
(
See
section
IV
for
further
information
on
submission
dates.)

FULL
TEXT
OF
ANNOUNCEMENT
I.
Funding
Opportunity
Description.

A.
Summary.
EPA's
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
expects
to
have
approximately
$
400,000.00
available
in
fiscal
year
2005,
to
fund
grant
proposals
supporting
a
nation­
wide
network
of
pollution
prevention
information
providers.
Assistance
agreements
will
be
awarded
through
the
EPA
regions,
under
the
authority
of
the
Pollution
Prevention
Act
of
1990
(
PPA)
subject
to
the
availability
of
funds
at
the
time
of
the
award.
The
PPA
provides
for
grants
to
States,
territories
or
possessions
of
the
United
States,
and
any
agency
or
instrumentality
of
a
State
including
State
universities,
to
strengthen
the
efficiency
and
effectiveness
of
State
technical
assistance
programs
in
providing
source
reduction
information
to
technical
assistance
providers
and
businesses.
The
Pollution
Prevention
Information
Network
(
PPIN)
grants
target
regional
applicants
that
are
willing
to
work
as
part
of
a
collective
nationwide
P2
information
service.
Grantees
coordinate
development,
distribution
and
promotion
of
pollution
prevention
information
and
practices
to
technical
assistance
programs
and
businesses.
Current
grantees
provide
a
"
one
stop"
shop
for
P2
information
thru
web
sites,
phone
calls,
or
meetings
that
address
the
reduction
or
elimination
of
pollution
by
businesses
across
all
environmental
media:
air,
water
and
land.
Since
the
inception
of
this
grant
program
in
1997,
EPA
has
awarded
over
$
7
million
in
grant
funding,
totaling
$
14
million
when
matching
funds
from
recipients
are
included.

B.
Authorization.
This
solicitation
is
made
under
the
Pollution
Prevention
Act
of
1990,
(
the
Act)
(
Pub.
L.
101­
508)
which
established
as
national
policy
that
pollution
should
be
prevented
or
reduced
at
the
source
whenever
feasible.
Section
6603
of
the
Act
defines
source
reduction
as
any
practice
that:
(
1)
Reduces
the
amount
of
any
hazardous
substance,
pollutant,
or
contaminant
entering
any
waste
stream
or
otherwise
released
into
the
environment
(
including
fugitive
emissions)
prior
to
recycling,
treatment,
or
disposal;
and
(
2)
Reduces
the
hazards
to
public
health
and
the
environment
associated
with
the
release
of
such
substances,
pollutants,
or
contaminants.
(
Also
see
40
CFR
35.343
and
35.662.)
EPA
further
defines
P2
as
the
use
of
other
practices
that
reduce
or
eliminate
the
creation
of
pollutants
through:
increased
efficiency
in
the
use
of
raw
materials,
energy,
water
or
other
resources,
protection
of
natural
resources,
or
protection
of
natural
resources
by
conservation.
Section
6605
of
the
Act
authorizes
EPA
to
make
matching
grants
to
States
to
promote
the
use
of
source
reduction
techniques
by
businesses.
In
evaluating
grant
applications,
the
Act
directs
EPA
to
consider
whether
the
proposed
State
program
will:
(
1)
Make
technical
assistance
available
to
businesses
seeking
information
about
source
reduction
opportunities,
including
funding
for
experts
to
provide
on­
site
technical
advice
and
to
assist
in
the
development
of
source
reduction
plans;
(
2)
Target
assistance
to
businesses
for
whom
lack
of
information
is
an
impediment
to
source
reduction;
(
3)
Provide
training
in
source
reduction
techniques.

C.
Program
History.
EPA
has
awarded
Pollution
Prevention
Information
Network
grants
since
the
first
Federal
Register
notice
was
published
on
February
5,
1997
(
62
FR
5393).
EPA
started
this
grant
program
with
the
intention
of
improving:
1)
coordination
of
pollution
prevention
(
P2)
information
collection,
2)
synthesis
and
selection
of
the
best
P2
information
to
support
State
and
Local
P2
technical
assistance
providers,
and
3)
communication
among
P2
information
developers.
This
grant
program
currently
supports
eight
regional
P2
information
centers
which
have
specialized
areas
of
P2
information
they
collect,
review
and
disseminate.
The
grantees
have
formed
a
group
called
the
"
Pollution
Prevention
Resource
Exchange"
(
P2Rx).
More
information
about
the
P2Rx
centers
can
be
found
on
the
Internet
at:
http://
www.
p2rx.
org.
These
grantees
promote
P2
and
source
reduction
information,
reducing
redundant
efforts
among
state
and
local
technical
assistance
providers.
The
centers
strive
to
save
both
time
and
money
for
clients
searching
for
P2
solutions.
In
2004,
an
independent
evaluation
of
the
PPIN
grant
program
concluded
that
"
P2Rx
centers
have
developed
an
effective
national
network
to
share
and
build
their
collective
information
and
resources.
This
is
the
first
important
step
in
increasing
nationwide
awareness
and
implementation
of
pollution
prevention
techniques.

D.
Project
Objectives
and
Activities
for
Funding.
EPA
is
seeking
proposals
that
will
improve
access
to
and
timely
retrieval
of
P2
information
for
State
and
Local
technical
assistance
providers
as
well
as
medium
and
small
businesses.
By
addressing
the
objectives
listed
below,
proposals
will
support
the
EPA
Strategic
Plan
objectives
under
Goal
5
by
promoting
pollution
prevention
and
environmental
stewardship
in
local
and
state
government,
in
small
businesses
and
in
the
public
(
see
pages
114
and
115
of
the
EPA
Strategic
Plan
2003
­
2008
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
ocfo/
plan/
2003sp.
pdf).
EPA
will
only
consider
proposals
that
implement
one
or
more
of
the
following
pollution
prevention
information
network
objectives:
1)
make
specific
technical
assistance
information
available
about
source
reduction
opportunities,
including
experts
to
provide
on­
site
technical
advice
or
assist
in
the
development
of
source
reduction
plans;
2)
target
P2
information
assistance
to
organizations
for
whom
lack
of
information
is
an
impediment
to
source
reduction;
and
3)
provide
training
in
source
reduction
techniques.
Proposals
must
address
both
national
network
and
regional
tasks.
National
network
tasks
refer
to
those
tasks
which
leverage
expertise
and
resources,
promote
collaboration,
and
incorporate
P2
information
standards
among
the
regional
centers.
Current
grantees
have
developed
some
specific
web
based
P2
information
products,
such
as
"
topic
hubs"
(
http://
www.
p2rx.
org/
P2InfoNexpert/
TopicHubs_
2.
cfm),
sector
resources,
P2
digital
libraries
and
publication
lists,
as
well
as
various
databases.
For
further
information
on
these
products
visit:
www.
p2rx.
org.
Regional
tasks
must
address
EPA
regional,
State
or
Local
government
areas
of
regulatory
or
environmental
concern
(
see
ii
below).
Regional
tasks
must
improve
the
knowledge
and
use
of
P2
practices
among
businesses
or
other
clients.
Proposals
must
address
the
following
P2
grant
program
national
criteria:

Promote
multimedia
pollution
prevention.
Proposals
must
describe
how
tasks
will
encourage
source
reduction
to
prevent
pollution
across
all
environmental
media
(
air,
water,
and
land)
and
promote
natural
resource
conservation.
Applicants
must
identify
areas
of
pollution
prevention
expertise
on
which
they
will
collect,
synthesize
and
disseminate
information.
Current
grantees
have
developed
some
specific
web
based
P2
information
products.
For
further
information
on
these
products
visit:
www.
p2rx.
org.

Describe
how
activities
will
advance
state
or
regional
environmental
goals.
Proposals
must
identify
how
tasks
will
provide
P2
resources
and
services
to
address
regional
environmental
concerns
and
describe
the
process
used
to
identify
area(
s)
of
specialization,
identifying
the
programs
consulted
in
selecting
these
activities.

Promote
partnerships.
Proposals
must
describe
how
information
products
will
be
developed
and
promoted.
EPA
continues
to
seek
more
cooperation
among
pollution
prevention
programs
and
the
other
environmental
and
business
assistance
providers
at
the
State
level.
These
can
include
university­
based
technical
assistance
and
cooperative
extension
programs,
and
other
business
assistance
programs.

Demonstrate
measurable
environmental
results.
The
Pollution
Prevention
Act
of
1990
notes
that
the
Agency
"
shall
establish
appropriate
means
for
measuring
the
effectiveness
of
the
[
Grant
program
by]
promoting
the
use
of
source
reduction
techniques
by
businesses."
In
order
to
more
fully
implement
this
section
of
the
Act,
and
to
comply
with
a
new
EPA
policy
order
(
Classification
No.:
5700.7),
proposals
must
include
work
plans
that
measure
either
output
or
outcome
metrics
or
both
types
of
measures.
Examples
of
P2
outcomes
are:
pounds
of
pollution
reduced,
BTUs
of
energy
conserved,
gallons
of
water
saved,
and
dollars
saved
through
P2
efforts.
"
Outputs"
refer
to
an
environmental
activity
or
effort
related
to
an
environmental
goal
that
will
be
produced
or
provided
over
a
period
of
time,
by
a
specified
date.
Outputs
may
be
quantitative
or
qualitative
but
must
be
measurable
during
the
assistance
agreement
funding
period.
Examples
of
P2
outputs
are:
Number
of
P2
trainings
conducted,
number
of
replies
to
P2
queries,
number
of
user
sessions
on
a
P2
web
site,
or
time
saved
by
a
client
using
the
P2
center
to
research
P2
options.

II.
Award
Information.
The
Agency
anticipates
about
$
400,000.00
will
be
available
to
support
the
pollution
prevention
information
network
(
PPIN)
activities.
In
previous
years,
eight
or
nine
PPIN
assistance
agreements
have
been
awarded
in
the
range
of
$
50,000.00
to
$
129,000.00.
This
year
between
three
to
five
new
awards
will
be
made
through
a
competitive
process
for
amounts
not
to
exceed
$
120,000.00
per
year,
with
a
one
year
period
of
performance.
EPA
will
not
fund
proposals
that
exceed
a
one
year
project
period.
Proposals
that
exceed
$
120,000.00
in
Federal
funding
will
be
rejected.
EPA
reserves
the
right
to
reject
any
or
all
applications
and
issue
no
awards.
Proposals
from
existing
P2Rx
centers
will
compete
with
any
new
regional
center
proposals.
Assistance
agreements
are
anticipated
to
be
awarded
by
December
31,
2005.
Assistance
agreements
may
be
awarded
as
grants
or
cooperative
agreements.
If
a
cooperative
agreement
is
awarded,
substantial
involvement
by
EPA
in
a
cooperative
agreement
may
include
the
EPA
project
officer:
participating
in
monthly
conference
calls,
consulting
on
agendas
for
meetings,
reviewing
information
products,
etc.
Partial
Funding:
EPA
reserves
the
right
to
partially
fund
proposals
by
funding
discrete
activities,
portions,
or
phases
of
the
proposed
project.
If
EPA
decides
to
partially
fund
the
proposal,
it
will
do
so
in
a
manner
that
does
not
prejudice
any
applicants
or
affect
the
basis
upon
which
the
proposal/
application,
or
portion
thereof,
was
evaluated
and
selected
for
award,
and
that
maintains
the
integrity
of
the
competition
and
the
evaluation/
selection
process.
Partial
funding
will
be
based
on
the
separate
budget
estimates
for
discrete
activities,
tasks
or
phases
provided
in
the
proposal.
No
multi­
year
applications
will
be
accepted
for
review.
III.
Eligibility
Information.

A.
Eligible
Applicants.
For
purposes
of
funding
under
this
grant
program,
eligible
applicants
include
the
50
States,
the
District
of
Columbia,
the
U.
S.
Virgin
Islands,
the
Commonwealth
of
Puerto
Rico,
any
territory
or
possession
of
the
United
States,
any
agency
or
instrumentality
of
a
State
including
State
universities
and
all
Federally
recognized
Tribes.
This
is
a
"
threshold
eligibility
criteria"
If
an
applicant
does
not
meet
the
threshold
eligibility,
then
applications
will
not
be
evaluated
any
further.
For
convenience,
the
term
"
State"
in
this
notice
refers
to
all
eligible
applicants.
Foreign
governments,
Local
governments,
private
universities,
private
nonprofit,
private
businesses,
and
individuals
are
not
eligible
for
funding
and
proposals
from
these
applicants
will
not
be
reviewed.

B.
Cost
Sharing
or
Matching
requirements.
Recipients
of
assistance
agreements
under
section
6605
of
the
Pollution
Prevention
Act
of
1990
must
provide
at
least
50
percent
of
the
total
allowable
project
cost.
For
example,
a
project
costing
$
250,000
could
be
funded
by
a
grant
for
up
to
$
125,000.
from
the
Federal
government.
The
recipient
is
responsible
for
funding
the
other
half
($
125,000.)
of
the
project
cost.
Recipient
contributions
may
include
dollars,
in­
kind
goods
and
services,
and/
or
third
party
contributions
consistent
with
40
CFR
31.24.
This
is
a
"
threshold
eligibility
criteria".
If
an
applicant
does
not
meet
the
threshold
eligibility,
then
applications
will
not
be
evaluated
any
further.

C.
Other
Eligibility
Criteria.
Applicable
Regulations.
State
applicants
and
recipients
of
this
grant
program
are
subject
to
the
requirements
of
40
CFR
Parts
31
and
35
Subpart
A.
Federal
Requirements.
An
applicant
whose
application
is
selected
for
federal
funding
must
complete
additional
forms
prior
to
award
(
see
40
CFR
30.12
and
31.10).
In
addition,
successful
applicants
will
be
required
to
certify
that
they
have
not
been
debarred
or
suspended
from
participation
in
Federal
assistance
awards
in
accordance
with
40
CFR
Part
32.

Threshold
Factors.
The
EPA
review
panel
will
only
score
and
rank
applications
that
meet
all
of
these
threshold
requirements
described
below.
EPA
will
notify
applicants,
who
do
not
meet
threshold
eligibility
requirements,
within
15
working
days
of
the
decision
to
reject
the
application.

Applicant
eligibility.
The
applicant
must
demonstrate
eligibility
to
receive
assistance
under
this
announcement
as
provided
for
in
Section
III
A.
Documentation
of
eligibility
may
be
provided
as
an
attachment
that
does
not
count
against
the
10
page
limit.

Match.
Applications
must
provide
the
required
50%
match
as
described
in
Section
III
B.

Amount
of
Financial
Assistance
Requested.
Applications
may
not
request
more
than
the
amount
of
assistance
described
in
Section
II
or
a
project
period
longer
than
one
year,
as
described
in
Section
II.

Administrative
requirements.
Applications
must
meet
the
administrative
requirements
(
e.
g.,
due
dates
and
10
page
limit
for
proposal)
described
in
Section
IV
of
this
announcement.
IV.
Application
and
Submission
Information.

A.
Address
to
request
application
package
and
information.
Forms
for
grant
applications
may
be
obtained
electronically
at
the
following
web
site:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
ogd/
AppKit/
application.
htm.
Requests
for
forms,
examples
of
currently
funded
cooperative
agreements,
or
other
questions
should
be
made
to:

Beth
Anderson
Pollution
Prevention
Division
(
7409M)
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.
NW
Washington,
DC
20460­
0001
Telephone
number:
(
202)
564­
8833
Fax
number:
(
202)
564­
8899
E­
mail
address:
anderson.
beth@
epa.
gov.

B.
Content
and
Form
of
Applications.
Applicants
must
submit
a
"
letter
of
intent"
at
least
14
days
before
the
due
date
for
applications.
The
letter
of
intent
must
identify
the
applicant's
name,
title,
mailing
address,
phone
number
and
e­
mail
address.
Letters
of
intent
must
be
submitted
electronically
to
anderson.
beth@
epa.
gov.
An
e­
mail
confirming
the
receipt
of
a
letter
of
intent
will
be
sent
within
2
business
days.
This
will
ensure
that
hardcopy
proposals
will
be
reviewed.
The
letter
of
intent
will
serve
to
notify
EPA
that
an
application
should
be
expected
for
review.
Hard
copies
postmarked
by
the
due
date
or
hand
delivered
proposals
accepted
for
delivery
on
the
due
date,
will
be
accepted
only
if
the
EPA
contact
has
been
notified
with
a
letter
of
intent,
that
a
proposal
is
being
submitted
in
hard
copy.
There
is
an
ten
page
limit
for
each
completed
proposal.
The
detailed
budget,
milestones,
resumes
and
key
personnel
sheet
do
not
count
against
the
10
page
limit.
Proposals
in
excess
of
10
pages
will
not
be
evaluated
or
considered
for
funding.
A
complete
application
must
include
the
following
forms:

SF­
424
Application
for
Federal
Assistance,
with
original
signature,
including:
SF­
424
A,
Budget
by
categories
and
indirect
cost
rate
and
SF­
424
B,
Assurances
for
non­
construction
programs.

EPA
Form
5700­
49,
Certification
Regarding
Debarment,
Suspension
and
Other
Responsibility
Matters.

Certification
Regarding
Lobbying
and
SF
LLL,
Disclosure
of
Lobbying
Activities,
if
applicable.

EPA
Form
4700­
4,
Preaward
Compliance
Review.

Narrative
Proposal
Statement
not
to
exceed
10
pages.

Detailed
Budget
and
time
line
with
milestones­
does
not
count
against
the
page
limit.

Letters
of
support
from
partners
involved
with
the
proposal.
These
letters
are
not
counted
against
the
page
limit.

Resumes
may
be
attached
and
will
not
count
against
the
page
limit.

One
page
listing
the
key
contact
personnel
who
will
be
assigned
to
the
project
(
and
this
page
does
not
count
against
the
page
limit).
The
key
contact
list
must
contain
the
name,
title,
mailing
address,
phone
number
and
e­
mail
address
of
the
following
personnel:
Authorized
representative:
the
individual
who
reviews
and
accepts
awards
and
amendments,
Payee:
Individual
authorized
to
accept
payments,
Administrative
Contact:
Individual
to
contact
concerning
administrative
matters
(
e.
g.,
indirect
cost,
rate
computation
and
re­
budgeting
requests,
etc.),
and
the
Project
Manager:
Individual
responsible
for
completing
the
proposed
work.

A
DUNS
number
must
be
included
in
every
application.
The
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
now
requires
grant
applicants
to
provide
a
Dun
and
Bradstreet
Data
Universal
Numbering
System
(
DUNS)
number
when
applying
for
Federal
grants
or
cooperative
agreements.
The
DUNS
number
will
supplement
other
identifiers
required
by
statute
or
regulation,
such
as
tax
identification
numbers.
Applicants
can
receive
a
DUNS
number
in
one
day,
at
no
cost,
by
calling
the
toll­
free
DUNS
Number
request
line
at
1­
866­
705­
5711.
The
website
where
an
organization
can
obtain
a
DUNS
number
is:
http://
www.
dnb.
com
.
This
takes
30
business
days
and
there
is
no
cost
unless
the
organization
requests
expedited
(
1­
day)
processing,
which
includes
a
fee
of
$
40.
A
revised
version
of
form
SF­
424
will
include
the
DUNS
number
or
applicants
can
use
the
current
SF­
424
forms
and
enter
the
DUNS
number
in
the
Applicant
Information
address
block.

C.
Submitting
Grant
Packages
to
EPA
Headquarters.
Applications,
including
the
proposal
and
required
forms,
may
be
sent
to
EPA
Headquarters
electronically,
by
mail
or
by
overnight
delivery.
The
EPA
contact
must
be
notified
at
least
14
days
prior
to
proposals
being
submitted.
EPA
will
use
the
computer
generated
time
and
date
for
documenting
receipt
time
and
date
of
electronic
submissions,
the
postmarked
date
of
mail
submissions,
and
the
date
overnight
delivery
products
were
picked
up
for
delivery
as
documented
on
the
delivery
form.
Electronically
through
E­
mail
Send
the
entire
grant
package
(
proposal,
detailed
budget
and
forms)
to:
anderson.
beth@
epa.
gov.
You
must
include
your
name,
mailing
address,
an
e­
mail
address
and
phone
number.
This
ensures
that
you
can
be
identified
as
the
submitter
of
the
application
and
allows
EPA
to
contact
you
in
case
EPA
cannot
read
your
proposal
due
to
technical
difficulties.
Forms
that
cannot
be
sent
through
e­
mail
must
be
noted
and
faxed
to
(
202­
564­
8899)
or
sent
in
hardcopy
through
one
of
the
choices
below.

By
mail.
Send
your
entire
grant
package
to:

Beth
Anderson
USEPA
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
(
MC
7409M)
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.
NW
Washington,
DC
20460­
0001
Applications
must
be
postmarked
by
July
6,
2005
By
delivery
service.
Deliver
your
entire
grant
package
(
proposal
and
application
forms)
to:

Beth
Anderson
USEPA
­
East
Room
5213
1201
Constitution
Ave.
NW
Washington,
DC
20004
Phone
number
202­
564­
8833.

EPA
will
use
the
date
the
delivery
service
picked
up
the
package
for
delivery
as
the
date
of
submission.
Applications
must
be
picked
up
for
delivery
by
July
6,
2005.

D.
Submission
Date.
EPA
will
consider
all
applications
(
proposals,
detailed
budget
and
forms)
that
are
postmarked
by
the
U.
S.
Postal
Service
by
July
6,
2005
or
that
are
hand
delivered
with
documentation
indicating
acceptance
by
the
delivery
service
on
July
6,
2005.
If
applications
are
not
postmarked
or
picked­
up
for
delivery,
or
e­
mailed
on
or
before
July
6,
2005,
they
will
be
rejected
and
will
not
be
considered
for
funding.
E.
Intergovernmental
Review.
This
program
may
be
eligible
for
coverage
under
E.
O.
12372,
"
Intergovernmental
Review
of
Federal
Programs."
An
applicant
should
consult
the
office
or
official
designated
as
the
single
point
of
contact
in
his
or
her
State
for
more
information
on
the
process
the
State
requires
to
be
followed
in
applying
for
assistance,
if
the
State
has
selected
the
program
for
review.
http://
www.
whitehouse.
gov/
omb/
grants/
spoc.
html.
F.
Funding
Restrictions.
EPA
grant
funds
may
only
be
used
for
the
purposes
set
forth
in
the
grant
agreement,
and
must
be
consistent
with
the
statutory
authority
of
the
award.
Grant
funds
may
not
be
used
for
matching
funds
for
other
Federal
grants,
lobbying,
or
intervention
in
Federal
regulatory
or
adjudicatory
proceedings.
In
addition,
Federal
funds
may
not
be
used
to
sue
the
Federal
government
or
any
other
government
entity.
All
costs
identified
in
the
budget
must
conform
to
applicable
Federal
Cost
Principles
contained
in
OMB
Circular
A­
87;
A­
122;
and
A­
21,
as
appropriate.
Ineligible
costs
will
be
reduced
from
the
final
grant
award.
EPA
reserves
the
right
to
reject
any
or
all
applications
and
issue
no
awards.
G.
Confidential
Business
Information.
In
accordance
with
40
CFR
2.203,
applicants
may
claim
all
or
a
portion
of
their
application/
proposal
as
confidential
business
information.
EPA
will
evaluate
confidentiality
claims
in
accordance
with
40
CFR
Part
2.
Applicants
must
clearly
mark
applications/
proposals
or
portions
of
application/
proposals
they
claim
as
confidential.
If
no
claim
of
confidentiality
is
made,
EPA
is
not
required
to
make
the
inquiry
to
the
applicant
otherwise
required
by
40
CFR
2.204(
c)(
2)
prior
to
disclosure.

V.
Application
Review
Information
A.
Criteria
Applications
will
be
evaluated
and
ranked
according
to
the
following
evaluation
criteria:
Project
description
and
environmental
goals.
The
proposal
identifies:
environmental
goals,
objectives
and
a
reasonable
schedule
for
the
execution
of
the
tasks.
The
proposal
presents
a
clear
description
of
the
tasks,
including:
areas
of
P2
expertise,
P2
information
products,
P2
services,
the
audience
targeted
,
and
a
timeline
illustrating
project
milestones.
20
points.

Project
strategy
and
objectives.
The
project
strategy
encourages
source
reduction
and
prevention
of
pollution
across
all
environmental
media
(
air,
water,
and
land)
and
includes
the
promotion
of
natural
resource
conservation.
Project
objectives
such
as
outreach,
developing
case
studies,
P2
measurements,
or
promoting
source
reduction
practices
to
businesses
are
related
to
specific
outputs
and
outcomes.
20
points
Project
management
and
past
performance.
The
application
identifies
key
personnel
who
will
work
on
the
project
and
demonstrates
their
qualifications
and
accountability.
The
application
describes
the
successful
execution
of
similar
projects
and
how
lessons
learned
from
past
projects
will
benefit
the
proposed
project.
Applicants
may
attach
resumes
that
do
not
count
against
page
limits.
(
If
an
applicant
does
not
have
past
performance
to
cite,
they
will
receive
a
neutral
rating
of
'
5'.)
10
points.

Identified
measures
for
objectives.
Proposals
must
include
work
plans
that
measure
outputs,
outcomes,
or
both
types
of
measures.
Examples
of
outputs
include:
monthly
conference
calls,
meetings,
list
serves,
information
products,
training
events,
replies
to
P2
queries,
user
sessions
on
a
web
site,
etc.
Outputs
can
be
measured
during
the
assistance
agreement
funding
period.
Examples
of
outcomes
are:
changes
in
knowledge
or
behavior,
number
of
businesses
adopting
P2
plans,
number
of
facilities
adopting
resource
conservation
practices,
pounds
of
waste
reduced,
amount
of
energy
or
water
conserved,
etc.
Each
objective
includes
methodology
for
reporting
outputs
and
outcomes.
20
points.

Budget.
The
proposal
includes
a
detailed
budget
indicating
the
cost
of
each
task,
including
matching
funds.
Federal
dollars
must
be
matched
by
at
least
an
equal
value
of
funds
and/
or
in­
kind
goods
and
services.
The
budget
and
associated
narrative
of
the
application
demonstrates
effective
and
judicious
use
of
Federal
funds.
15
points.

Partnerships.
The
project
strategy
utilizes
partnerships
to
leverage
services,
funding,
or
expertise.
EPA
continues
to
seek
more
cooperation
among
pollution
prevention
programs
and
other
environmental
and
business
assistance
providers
to
improve
the
promotion
and
acceptance
of
P2
practices.
Partners
must
provide
letter(
s)
of
support
from
an
official
within
the
organization
confirming
their
specific
contributions
to
the
project.
These
letters
should
be
included
as
attachments
and
do
not
count
against
the
page
limit.
15
points.

B.
Review
and
Selection
Process.
A
panel
comprised
of
EPA
staff
will
evaluate
each
application
based
upon
the
six
criteria
listed
in
V.
A.
and
provide
a
recommended
ranking
to
the
Agency's
selecting
official.
Applications
may
receive
up
to
100
points.
Following
the
assignment
of
scores,
EPA
will
sort
the
applications
into
groups
of
"
high,
medium,
and
low"
with
a
scoring
range
of
80­
100
corresponding
to
"
high,"
60­
79
corresponding
to
"
medium,"
and
below
60
corresponding
to
"
low."
Some
allowance
may
be
made
for
logical
breaks
in
the
scoring
distribution
when
determining
the
cutoff
points,
e.
g.,
if
the
distribution
of
scores
included
values
of
81,
80,
79,
and
a
next
highest
score
of
65,
the
cutoff
for
"
high"
would
be
made
at
79
rather
than
80.
The
EPA
selecting
official
will
consider
the
panel's
recommended
technical
rankings,
as
well
as
other
considerations,
in
making
final
selections.
Other
considerations
include:
Geographical
diversity
considerations.
EPA
may
consider
the
location
of
the
regional
center,
in
order
to
ensure
P2
information
from
all
of
the
United
States
is
included
in
the
Pollution
Prevention
Information
Network.

Programmatic
priorities
and
potential
duplication
of
effort
by
other
organizations.
EPA
will
consider
ongoing
work
and
new
areas
for
promoting
pollution
prevention
and
P2
measurement.

C.
Anticipated
Announcement
and
Award
Dates.
All
applicants
will
be
notified
by
EPA
Headquarters
on
whether
or
not
the
application
has
been
selected
for
funding.
The
notification
is
not
an
authorization
to
begin
performance.
A
notice
signed
by
the
Grants
administration
Division
is
the
authorizing
document
to
the
applicant
to
begin
performance.
EPA
anticipates
that
all
awards
will
be
announced
by
August
31,
and
awards
will
be
issued
by
December
31,
2005.

VI.
Award
Administration
Information.

A.
Administrative
and
National
Policy
Requirements.
Periodic
audits
should
be
conducted
as
part
of
the
recipient's
system
of
financial
management
and
internal
control
to
meet
the
terms
and
conditions
of
assistance
agreements.
In
accordance
with
the
provisions
of
OMB
Circular
No.
A­
133,
"
Audits
of
States,
Local
Governments,
and
Nonprofit
Organizations,"
non­
federal
entities
that
receive
financial
assistance
of
$
300,000
or
more
within
the
State's
fiscal
year
shall
conduct
an
audit
for
that
year.
The
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
Circular
No.
A­
133,
Audits
of
States,
Local
Governments,
and
Nonprofit
Organizations,"
was
published
in
the
Federal
Register
on
June
30,
1997.
The
Circular
implements
the
Single
Audit
Act
amendments
of
1996.
State
agencies
that
receive
less
than
$
300,000
within
the
State's
fiscal
year
shall
conduct
an
audit
accordance
with
Federal
laws
and
regulations
governing
the
programs
in
which
they
participate.

Financial
records,
including
all
documents
to
support
entries
on
accounting
records
to
substantiate
charges
to
each
assistance
agreement,
must
be
kept
available
to
personnel
authorized
to
examine
EPA
assistance
agreement
accounts.
All
records
must
be
maintained
for
three
years
from
the
date
of
submission
of
the
annual
financial
status
report.
If
questions
still
remain,
such
as
those
raised
as
a
result
of
an
audit,
related
records
should
be
retained
until
the
matter
is
completely
resolved.

B.
Dispute
Resolution
Process.
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)
which
can
be
found
at
http://
a257.
g.
akamaitech.
net/
7/
257/
2422/
01jan20051800/
edocket.
access.
gpo.
gov/
200
5/
05­
1371.
htm.

C.
Reporting.
The
recipient,
along
with
the
Project
Officer,
will
develop
a
process
for
jointly
evaluating
and
reporting
progress
and
accomplishments
under
the
work
plan.
The
work
plans
and
reporting
must
be
consistent
with
the
requirements
of
40
CFR
35.107,
35.115,
and
35.515.
A
description
of
the
evaluation
process
and
a
reporting
schedule
must
be
included
in
the
work
plan
(
see
§
§
35.107(
b)(
2)(
iv)
and
35.507(
b)(
2)(
iv)).
The
reporting
schedule
requires
the
recipient
to
submit,
at
a
minimum,
annual
progress
reports,
during
the
life
of
the
project,
to
the
Project
Officer
under
40
CFR
31.40
(
b).
In
their
reports,
recipients
should
provide
discussion
of
accomplishments
as
measured
against
work
plan
commitments;
a
discussion
of
cumulative
effectiveness
of
the
work
performed
under
all
work
plan
components;
a
discussion
of
existing
and
potential
problem
areas;
and
suggestions
for
improvement,
including
where
feasible,
schedules
for
making
improvements.
If
evaluation
reveals
the
recipient
has
not
made
sufficient
progress
under
the
work
plan,
the
Project
Officer
and
the
recipient
will
negotiate
a
resolution
that
addresses
the
issues.
If
issues
cannot
be
resolved
through
negotiation,
the
Project
Officer
may
take
appropriate
action
under
40
CFR
31.43.
The
recipient
may
request
a
review
of
the
Project
Officer's
decision
under
the
dispute
resolution
process
in
40
CFR
31.70.

VII.
Agency
Contact
Beth
Anderson,
Pollution
Prevention
Division
(
7409M)
USEPA
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.
NW
Washington,
DC
20460­
0001
Telephone
number:
(
202)
564­
8833
Fax
number:
(
202)
564­
8899
E­
mail
address:
anderson.
beth@
epa.
gov.
VIII.
Other
Information
Information
about
current
P2
information
network
grant
program
may
be
viewed
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
opptintr/
p2home/
grants/
ppin/
ppin.
htm.
Information
about
the
current
P2Rx
centers
may
be
viewed
at
www.
p2rx.
org
URL:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
opptintr/
p2home/
grants/
ppin/
ppin05.
htm