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2006 Solid Waste Grant Program Request for Proposals UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, REGION 10 2006 RESOURCE CONSERVATION CHALLENGE FUNDING PROGRAM Announcement Type: Request for Proposals Funding Opportunity Name: Resource Conservation Challenge Funding Opportunity #: EPA-R10-RCC-2006 Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 66.808: Solid Waste Management Assistance Action Dates: Proposals due on August 7, 2006 Executive Summary The Resource Conservation Challenge Funding Program is EPA Region 10’s competitive funding program that promotes solid waste management and pollution prevention projects. This notice announces the availability of approximately $100,000 total program funding for FY2006. The Region expects to award four to eight assistance agreements either as grants or cooperative agreements to eligible applicants for amounts between $10,000 and $50,000. Eligibility: Eligible organizations include State local, Tribal, interstate, and intrastate government agencies and instrumentalities; and non-profit organizations that are not 501(c)(4) organizations that lobby, including non-profit educational institutions and non-profit hospitals. There is no funding match requirement. Proposed projects must also identify how they will achieve measurable environmental results in one or more of the following Regional Priorities. Please see Section III for further information on eligibility requirements. Regional Priorities Reduce the generation and disposal of the following materials and waste streams through reuse, recycling, composting, market development or product stewardship: (a) municipal solid waste, especially packaging and containers; paper and paperboard; and food and green yard waste; (b) organics, including biodegradable packaging; and, (c) beverage containers. Develop projects for “recycling-on-the-go” (away from home) or public space recycling, at venues and locations frequented by the public, e.g., sports arenas, parks, movie theaters, outdoor amphitheaters, college or university campus, shopping centers, festival sites, casinos. Reduce the generation and disposal of food waste and/or food packaging through reuse, recycling, composting, or market development. Promotion of Environmentally Preferable Purchasing such as through Environmental Management Systems in state and local governments, hospitals, and federal facilities. Expand and strengthen state recycling organization activities which support one of the RCC’s MSW national priority area. Develop new or expand upon existing measurement systems or methodologies for recycling or stewardship of priority waste streams in EPA Region 10 States and on Tribal lands. To review the complete details of this request for proposal, please see the full funding announcement (PDF, 94KB, 29 pgs.) which includes the following information: Section I. Funding Opportunity Description Section II. Award Information Section III. Eligibility Information Section IV. Application and Submission Information Section V. Application Review Information Section VI. Award Administration Section VII. Agency Contacts Section VII. Other Information Application Submission Deadline: Your organization’s Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) must submit your complete application electronically to EPA through Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov) no later than midnight, Pacific Time, August 7, 2006. Unit: Resources Mgmt. & State Programs Unit Pat Springer E-Mail: Springer.Pat@epa.gov 206-553-2858 Phone Number: 206-553-2858 Last Updated (mm/dd/yy): 06/21/2006 Recycle http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/OWCM.NSF/hide/solidwastegrant