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Multimedia State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
2009 Request for Proposals
- STAG Proposal (PDF) (40 pp, 315K, About PDF) due July 13, 2009
State Grants Topics
- Multimedia STAG Program
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act STAG Program
- Toxic Substance Control Act STAG Program
- State Environmental Enforcement Training Grant (SEET) Program
This page provides information on applying for grants under the State and Tribal Grants (STAG) program.
On this page:
What STAG Grants Are
States and tribes play a vital role in the implementation of the nation's environmental laws and regulations. To strengthen EPA's compliance assurance efforts and build relationships with states and tribes. EPA provides grant funds to states, tribes, inter-tribal consortia, territories, state universities and multi-jurisdictional organizations through the State and Tribal Grants (STAG) program.
What STAG Grants Are Used For
STAG Grant funds are used to build and enhance the capacity of states and tribes to carry out compliance assurance activities within their respective jurisdictions. The projects selected cover a wide range of activities that have and will continue to enable states and tribes to demonstrate compliance assurance and enforcement outcomes from their activities while serving as models for other states and tribes. These capacity building activities include training, studies, surveys and investigations.
Funding Opportunities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) makes grant funds available to regulatory partners to strengthen their ability to address environmental and public health threats, while furthering the art and science of environmental compliance. Funding for the grant program has been provided through annual congressional appropriations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Eligible Grant Recipients
- State agencies,
- U.S. territories,
- federally recognized Indian Tribes,
- the District of Columbia,
- Intertribal Consortia,
- state universities and multi-jurisdictional State organizations with enforcement and compliance assurance responsibilities or responsibilities that support enforcement and compliance assurance including by not limited to data management or research
- state universities with expertise in compliance assurance and enforcement issues
OECA announces funding opportunities through the following solicitation announcement:
FY09 Solicitation
The Office of Compliance published the fiscal year 2009 STAG solicitation (PDF) (40 pp, 315K, About PDF) in May 2009 announcing the availability of $1.8M for proposals covering 5 focus areas. This year, EPA is soliciting pre-proposals for the following focus areas:
- Permit Compliance System (PCS) Modernization and ICIS-NPDES
- Funding Indian Country Compliance Assurance Circuit Riders
- Improving Flow of State Data to the Air Facility System (AFS)
- State Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Training
- Demonstration of Better Use of Technology in Compliance Monitoring Activities.
The solicitation explains the:
Applicants may submit proposals and partial applications by July 13, 2009, 4:00 p.m. EST . The solicitation is also published at Grants.gov Web Site.
- eligibility criteria,
- funding areas
- process for applying for funding
The FY2009 frequently asked questions further clarifies the application process. Potential applicants may submit additional questions by June 12, 2009.
For background information, please see the STAG Grant 2009 Fact Sheet (PDF) (3 pp, 36.64K, About PDF).
STAG funds to states and tribes may also be available in other EPA program areas:
- Water Funding - grants for water treatment, wastewater treatment, targeted watershed grants, and state revolving funds for water projects.
- Environmental Justice Grants
- Tribal grant program
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
- Toxic Substances Control Act.
History and Background
Since FY1999 EPA has selected 124 proposals for funding making over $19,000,000 available to 53 different states, tribes, universities, or organizations. These projects have addressed data quality, public access, Tribal and state inspector training, program planning and performance measurement, data management, outcomes measurement, and environmental enforcement training.
In January 2005, OECA published its first Grant Innovations at Work: STAG Accomplishments Report (PDF) (84 pp, 544K, About PDF). This Report specifically highlights projects with innovative results and potential transferability to other organizations, and projects that have created institutional change within the grantee’s organization. These highlighted projects demonstrate how information sharing fostered by OECA can drive innovation.
By helping environmental regulatory agencies determine which activities can achieve the best outcomes, the STAG program reinforces the strong performance results focus of EPA. It is the express hope of those involved with the STAG program that these projects can serve as resources to help states and tribes experiment, evaluate and share results with each other as they work to protect public health and the environment by ensuring compliance.