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Financing for Environmental Compliance
Financing Steps
Financing Resources and Tools by Media
Waste Management Program Contacts
Please see the Tribal Contacts and Small Communities Contacts pages for information specific to those audiences.
EPA
Regional Web Sites and Waste Programs
Provides links to the 10 EPA Regional Home Pages and their
associated hazardous and solid waste pages.
RCRA
State Authorization
Describes the rulemaking process through which EPA
delegates the responsibility of implementing the RCRA
hazardous waste program to individual states.
State Web
Sites and Solid and Hazardous Waste Programs
Provides links to the US State and Territories and their
hazardous and solid waste pages.
The
Environmental Finance Centers
Provides state and local officials and small businesses
with advisory services; education, publications, and
training; technical assistance; and analyses on financing
alternatives. The nine centers have helped numerous
communities implement innovative environmental financing
techniques.
The Environmental Finance Center Network currently
includes:
- University of Southern Maine
- Syracuse University
- University of Maryland
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Louisville
- Great Lakes EFC at Cleveland State University
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
- California State University at Hayward
- Boise State University
These centers have proven effective vehicles for promoting innovative environmental financing techniques.
Other Government Contacts
USDA
Rural Utility Service (RUS) State Contacts
Provides loans, grants and loan guarantees for
drinking water, sanitary sewer, solid waste and storm
drainage facilities in rural areas and cities and towns of
10,000 or less. Public bodies, non-profit organizations and
recognized Indian tribes may qualify for assistance. RUS
also makes grants to nonprofit organizations to provide
technical assistance and training to assist rural
communities with their water, wastewater, and solid waste
problems.
USDA Rural
Utility Service Federal Contacts
Provides the names and telephone numbers of RUS
national staff.
Department of
Commerce - Economic Development Administration (EDA)
Contacts
The Department of Commerce's Public Works and Economic
Development program helps support the construction or
rehabilitation of essential public infrastructure and
facilities necessary to generate or retain private sector
jobs and investments, attract private sector capital, and
promote regional competitiveness, including investments
that expand and upgrade infrastructure to attract new
industry, support technology-led development, redevelop
brownfield sites and provide eco-industrial development.
This site provides a list of EDA regional contacts who can
provide information on EDA programs, investment policies,
and funding opportunities.
Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) Contacts
The CDBG program is a flexible program that provides
communities with resources to address a wide range of
unique community development needs and to develop viable
communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living
environment, and opportunities to expand economic
opportunities, principally for low- and moderate-income
persons. This site provides contact information for field
office staff who can provide eligibility information for
the community development block grant program.