02F38901

Description:
This agreement provides funding under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to the City of El Paso to develop a comprehensive, economy-wide climate mitigation plan or update an existing plan in collaboration with air pollution control districts, and large and small municipalities statewide, and tribal governments that will support actions to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) and harmful air pollutants and to conduct meaningful engagement with low-income and disadvantaged communities.

Specifically, the recipient will develop a Priority Action Plan (PAP) and a Comprehensive Action Plan (CAP) for strategies to reduce emissions from sources with a co-benefit in carbon emission reductions in the City of El Paso, Texas, as well as a final status report on the recipient's collaborations with local organizations. The City of El Paso will meet with government, industry, and other potential stakeholders based on regional location. Expected cost for these deliverables is $1,000,000 and will be conducted over a 48-month period beginning when grants are awarded, with an estimated timeframe of the fourth quarter of 2023 through the fourth quarter 2027.

Activities:
In general, activities include the development, updating, and evaluation of plans to reduce climate pollution (i.e., to reduce GHG emissions and/or enhance carbon sinks). Specific activities include:

Activity 1:
Gather existing emission inventory data.
An inventory of sources of emissions will be developed utilizing the most current and updated emission inventory data available at the time of initiation of the task.

Activity 2:
Identification of priority implementation measures.
Utilizing the emission inventory, implementation ready measures that could reduce pollution with a co-benefit of carbon emission reduction will be identified and quantified. Cost-effectiveness, economic factors, and existing funding opportunities will be included in the development of potential emission reduction measures that could be implemented.

Activity 3:
High-level regulatory analysis.
For each implementation measure, a regulatory analysis will be undertaken to be included in the Priority Action Plan (PAP). This analysis will indicate the current existing statutory or regulatory authority to implement the pollution reduction measure or if such authority is not currently obtained.

Activity 4:
PAP report submittal.
The PAP will be submitted to EPA as a deliverable.

Subrecipient:
El Paso will partner with local community organization(s) and Workforce Solutions to build a collaborative fellowship to accelerate the work of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) addressing environmental justice and empowering community-driven solutions in overburdened and underserved areas across the region. Utilizing this approach brings about significant opportunity for innovation in addition to building much-needed community trust, resulting in equitable and resilient communities.

Outcomes:
Three key deliverables will be produced and submitted over the course of the four-year program period, including: a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP), due March 1, 2024; a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP), due two years from the date of the award; and a status report, due at the close of the grant period.

The intended beneficiaries include communities in El Paso, Texas.

City Of EL Paso

4 - ENSURE CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 4.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION AND HEALTH IMPACTS 1 - A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT 1.3 - REVITALIZE LAND AND PREVENT CONTAMINATION 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 7 - ENSURE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS FOR PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 7.1 - ENSURE CHEMICAL AND PESTICIDE SAFETY 3 - CLEANING UP COMMUNITIES AND ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 3.1 - PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES 1 - TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 1.1 - REDUCE EMISSIONS THAT CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE

66.046 - Climate Pollution Reduction Grants

EPA Region 6: Dallas [EPA - RO]

Texas United States

State-Wide

EPA-R-OAR-CPRGP-23-06