Agency: Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air
Description:
$4.75 billion for Greenhouse Gas Air Pollution Implementation Grants, a competitive grant program for state, local, and tribal governments and air pollution control agencies to achieve greenhouse gas air pollution reduction. Applicants must submit information on “the quantifiability, specificity, additionality, permanence, and verifiability of such projected greenhouse gas air pollution reduction.”
$250 million for Greenhouse Gas Air Pollution Planning Grants, noncompetitive grants for the costs of developing a plan for the reduction of greenhouse gas air pollution to be submitted with an application for a Greenhouse Gas Air Pollution Implementation Grant. The EPA must award at least one planning grant to an eligible entity in each State.
Bill Section:
60114
US Code:
42 USC 7437
New or Existing:
New
Potential Cost:
$5,000,000,000
Timeline:
FY22-26 for $4.75 billion & FY22-31 for $250 million