Financing for Environmental Compliance U.S. EPA Office of Compliance

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Financing for Environmental ComplianceU.S. EPA
Office of Compliance

• A step-by-step guide to help communities finance
  environmental infrastructure

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Widespread Environmental Infrastructure Needs

• 2002 EPA Gap Analysis - Water and wastewater
  systems may face a spending gap of more than 300
  billion over the next twenty years to make
  necessary improvements
• Communities will need to spend additional funds
  to maintain and upgrade air and waste municipal
  infrastructure

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Clear Demand For Financial Planning Assistance

• Financial planning issues are usually a part of
  environmental civil judicial cases
• DOJ, EPA regions, state partners and communities
  are requesting financial planning assistance

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Goals

• Help communities remain in or return to
  environmental compliance
• Improve public health by helping communities
  create sound financing plans to pay for
  environmental infrastructure

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General Concept

• Create an environmental infrastructure financial
  planning website for municipalities and tribes
  funding major capital improvements
• Direct users to EPA and non-EPA financial and
  technical resources with specific resources for
  small municipalities and tribes

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Main Homepage
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Main Steps Page
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Example Municipal Power Plant Wants Information
about Expanding

• City officials are considering adding additional
  infrastructure
• Seeking information about rate setting and
  financial risk
• Click on Air Tools and Resources
• Click on Financial Assistance
• Find link to Environmental Finance Center Network

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Example Municipal Energy Plant Wants Information
about Tax Implications
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Example Tribal Community Wants Technical Advice
to Construct a Landfill

• Tribal community wants information about landfill
  liners
• Also seeks information about how other similarly
  sized communities resolved waste issues
• Click on Waste Tools and Resources
• Click on Tribal
• Find links to EPA and IHS technical assistance

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Example Tribal Community Needs Technical Advice
to Construct a Landfill
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Example Community Wants to Improve a Drinking
Water System

• Community is low on the State Revolving Fund
  funding list
• Seeks funding sources starting with grants
• Going through the eight step financial planning
  process
• Click on Step Seven, Financial Options
• Click on Grants
• Find link to water grant resources

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Example Community Wants to Improve a Drinking
Water System
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Create and Communicate the Financing Plan
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Next Steps

• The Web site can be found at
• http//www.epa.gov/compliance/assistance/financin
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• Will continue to make changes to the site as new
  information becomes available

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Contacts

• Cassandra Rice
• 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
• MC 2224A
• Washington, DC 20460
• 202-564-4057
• rice.cassandra_at_epa.gov

• Tom Ripp
• 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
• MC 2224A
• Washington, DC 20460
• 202-564-7003
• ripp.tom_at_epa.gov