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EPA Announces Iowa Selectees to Receive over $500K in Grants to Help
Businesses Prevent Pollution
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 – 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa,
KS 66219
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations
EPA Announces Iowa Selectees to Receive over $500K in Grants to Help
Businesses Prevent Pollution
Contact Information: Jonathan Klusmeyer, 913-343-2991,
LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 31, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announced that the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa
Department of Natural Resources have been selected to collectively receive
over $500,000 in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to
develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities.
The University of Northern Iowa was selected to receive $175,159. The
university will provide training to technical assistance providers across the
country, with an interest in developing their own pollution prevention program
for breweries in their P2 in Breweries for TAPs (Technical Assistance
Providers) project.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) was selected to receive
$331,809. IDNR will provide technical assistance to businesses using
state-of-the-art techniques, including thermal imaging assessments. The
program will review existing P2 opportunities, conduct detailed assessments,
and conduct follow-up assessments of businesses. Thermal imaging assessments
will focus on heat and energy loss, pinpointing building envelope issues, and
equipment inefficiencies in businesses under all five National Emphasis
Areas.
“Pollution prevention benefits the environment and creates healthier
communities by decreasing waste and conserving our resources,” said EPA
Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister. “These funds will support innovative
projects that enhance sustainability and promote cleaner neighborhoods
throughout the Heartland.”
“Iowans use innovation and commonsense to develop our state’s
all-of-the-above energy approach, including clean energy solutions. The
University of Northern Iowa and Iowa Department of Natural Resources are among
the pioneers leading the way,” said U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (IA). “As
a longtime proponent of environmentally-sound, homegrown energies, I’m glad
to see these federal dollars put to good use in Iowa.”
“The University of Northern Iowa Waste Reduction Center has worked
successfully with craft breweries in Iowa for nearly a decade,” said Program
Manager of Food Beverage and Organics Jennifer Trent. “With this EPA P2
grant, we’re going to be able to take what we’ve learned and apply it across
state boundaries by working with our P2 partners in Region 7 and nationally to
help craft breweries reduce their environmental impacts.”
“The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has worked with Iowa industries
since 1990,” said Lead Worker of Pollution Prevention Services Jeff Fiagle.
“With this continued support from EPA, we will continue to provide support
to Iowa industries in support of their sustainability goals, including
reducing their use of energy, water, and hazardous waste.”
In total, EPA announced 48 selectees across the country that will collectively
receive nearly $19 million in grants to support states, tribal nations, and
U.S. territories. Thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,
nearly half of the funds awarded this year were made available with no cost
share/match requirement.
Pollution prevention, also known as P2 or source reduction, is any practice
that reduces, eliminates, or prevents pollution at its source prior to
recycling, treatment, or disposal. Preventing pollution at the source rather
than managing waste afterward is an important way to support American
businesses’ efforts to reduce costs, while protecting communities from
exposure to toxic chemicals and conserving natural resources. These practices
are essential for protecting health, improving environmental conditions –
including in and around disadvantaged communities – and preserving natural
resources like wetlands, groundwater sources, and other critical ecosystems.
Between 2011 and 2022, EPA’s Pollution Prevention program issued over 500
grants totaling more than $54 million, which have helped businesses identify,
develop, and adopt P2 approaches. These approaches have resulted in 31.9
billion kilowatt-hours in energy savings, eliminated 20.8 million metric tons
of greenhouse gases, saved 52 billion gallons of water, reduced 1 billion
pounds of hazardous materials, and saved businesses more than $2.3 billion.
EPA expects to award funds once all legal and administrative requirements are
satisfied. Once awarded, selected grantees will document and share P2 best
practices that they identify and develop through these grants, so that others
can replicate these practices and outcomes. Each selected grantee will also
develop at least one case study during the grant period on P2 practices that
are new or not widely known or adopted, or where detailed information on the
P2 practices could benefit other businesses or P2 technical assistance
providers.
The grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will be fully funded
upon being awarded, with individual grant awards as high as $350,000. Grants
that are a part of the traditional P2 grants program will be funded over a
two-year funding cycle and require a cost share/match of 50%. EPA’s
Pollution Prevention Grant program advances President Biden’s Justice40
Initiative, which set a goal to deliver 40% of the overall benefits from
certain federal investments to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized
by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution.
Background
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law made a historic $100 million
investment in EPA’s P2 program, more than doubling the funding for P2
grants. The first round of 39 awards funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law was announced in September 2022 and the second round of 24 awards was
announced in October 2023.
The list of selections can be found below, and the selected project summaries
can be found on EPA’s Pollution Prevention website.
Read more about P2 and EPA’s P2 Grant Program.
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