[CPEO-BIF] Community Action for a Renewed Environment request for proposals

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA Offers $2.7M to Reduce Risks of Toxic Exposure

For Release February 9, 2006

Contact:  Roxanne Smith, 202-564-4355 / smith.roxanne@epa.gov

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that funds are
available to support community-based partnerships to reduce toxic risks
in local communities.

EPA will award about $2.7 million in cooperative agreements in two
levels through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE)
program.  Level I cooperative agreements will help establish
community-based partnerships and set priorities for reducing toxic risks
in a community.  EPA anticipates awarding eight to 10 cooperative
agreements under Level I, ranging from $75,000 to $100,000.

Level II cooperative agreements are for communities that already have a
broad-based collaborative partnership, have identified risk reduction
priorities and are ready to implement risk reduction strategies.  EPA
expects to award six to eight cooperative agreements, ranging from
$150,000 to $300,000.

A range of community groups may apply for funding, including county and
local governments, tribes, non-profit organizations and universities.
EPA will conduct two conference calls, February 21 and 24, for
prospective applicants to ask questions about the application process.

The CARE program, which began in 2005, helps to build broad-based local
partnerships for reducing risks from toxic pollutants that come from
numerous sources.  For additional information about CARE, projects
awarded in 2005, or how to apply for the cooperative agreements, visit
EPA's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/care.

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(this info below is also on the CARE web site) CARE Request for
Proposals Q&A Webcasts

A national webcast is an internet web-based slide powerpoint
presentation with an embedded audio portion. The CARE program will
conduct two identical national training sessions for potential
applicants via a national webcast on the following dates and times:

February 21, 2006:  3:00 - 4:30 p.m. (eastern time)    
February 24, 2006:  10:00 - 11:30 a.m. (eastern time)

You only have to chose one date.

To register for the upcoming CARE Internet Seminar for either of the
above dates, please go to: 
<http://www.cluin.org/studio/seminar.cfm#upcoming> and click on the
registration link for the "CARE Request for Proposals Q&A"

After the two national training webcast sessions are completed, a
recorded version of the full webcast will be available on: 
<https://www.clu-in.org/live/archive.cfm> 

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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