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Equipment Manufacturers, Importers, and Exporters: Frequent Questions
As the US continues to phase out HCFCs, equipment manufacturers, importers, and exporters will need to adapt to the changing market demand for equipment. This page provides these groups with information on their responsibilities under the regulations.
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Fact Sheet - Prioritizing Leak Tightness During Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Installation
Food retail stores can save a significant amount of money and reduce impacts to the environment by ensuring that commercial refrigeration equipment is leak-tight when installed.
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EPA presentation on implementing the AIM Act of 2020
This is the EPA presentation from the stakeholder meeting held on February 25, 2021 on implementing the AIM Act of 2020.
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Aquatic Life Criteria - Carbaryl
Documents pertaining to 2012 Final National Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Carbaryl (Freshwater, Estuarine/marine). These documents contain the safe levels of Carbaryl in water that should protect to the majority of species.
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Technical Methodology for the Excess Food Opportunities Map
This document presents the details of how the excess food opportunities map was created.
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Frequent Questions about the Chesapeake Bay TMDL
This page provides answers to frequent questions regarding the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and its development.
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On-Line Data Tools - Maintain Site
Overview of how to use the Maintain Site features in AQS
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What is RCRA Reuse and Redevelopment?
The Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) program, comprised of EPA and its state partners, oversees almost 4,000 cleanups across the country.
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Assessments Conducted on TSCA Work Plan Chemicals Prior to June 22, 2016
EPA's assessing and managing risk programs address pollution prevention, risk assessment, hazard and exposure assessment and/or characterization, and risk management for chemicals substances in commercial use.
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CIMC - How to Download Data
This page explains how to use Cleanups in My Community to download data into a spreadsheet format.
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Regional Haze Program
Visibility - Regional Haze Program
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Will today’s presentation be made available?
Yes. The slide deck used for all FY25 Exchange Network Grants Information webinars will be available on EPA’s Exchange Network Grants website .
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How is operations & maintenance, which is a cost restriction under the EN Grant Program, defined?
See detailed explanation in EN Grants FAQs: Can you expand on the funding restriction around ‘operations and maintenance (O&M)’?
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How specific does an applicant need to be for supplies & equipment?
Applicants must itemize equipment and supplies down to the individual item level; you cannot include a bulk purchase for ‘office supplies’. If you are unsure of exact costs or items, applicants are asked to just do their best when compiling their proposed budget, based on the information available to them…
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If an applicant were to apply for a grant, can the work be done in phases?
As all EN assistance agreements are three years, per our standard period of performance, applicants should design their proposal with this three-year time frame in mind. Within these three years, applicants are welcome to build in a ‘phased approach’. Perhaps the first year and a half is requirements gathering and…
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If an applicant is awarded an EN grant this year, and later realizes the project is going to require a completely different component for the project to be successful (but this component was not in the original application), could we apply for a grant focused on that additional component the following year?
Applicants can definitely apply in consecutive years; however, work being proposed in a follow-on grant should not duplicate work carried out during the previous grants. Applicants applying for EN grants in consecutive years are often targeting projects areas (e.g., air, water, waste, etc.), separate and distinct from the original grant…
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If I apply for or receive an EN grants, is there a requirement to “share” data? If not, why is the program called the “Exchange Network”?
There is no requirement to share data. The program is built around a sharing of technology, ideas, and projects within communities doing similar work. EPA does encourage applicants to share data, as well as code or other project specifics, if they are interested, but there is no explicit requirement. Applicants…
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You mentioned the removal of the programmatic involvement criterion – can you explain further?
The programmatic involvement criterion was removed in FY25, as it was deemed no longer relevant to most submitted applications. EPA used to have this requirement for the applicant to demonstrate involvement from related media programs (air, water, waste, etc.) which ‘owned’ the environmental data that was being collected or managed…
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Under opportunity 3, can the Tribe purchase remote monitoring equipment for water quality monitoring of Streams?
Past projects have included the purchase of monitoring equipment. Please be sure to specify why the equipment is necessary for the successful completion of the project and how it directly supports accomplishment of project goals and outputs. Please note that EPA will review all proposed equipment and supply purchases carefully…
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Can a primary applicant partner with non-profit organizations and/or universities that do not have status as an instrumentality? Or do partners need to be eligible entities under the Exchange Network Grant Program and/or other state/Tribal governmental entities?
Yes, a primary applicant can partner with other eligible entities, nonprofit organizations, or an Interstate organization. This could also include a state or Tribal university, regardless of that university’s status as an instrumentality. The one express entity type restriction around partnerships is that EPA does not fund any projects in…