Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA R OAR HFC 24 01
The Hydrofluorocarbon Reclaim and Innovative Destruction Grants opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number EPA R OAR HFC 24 01) is a discretionary EPA grant program designed to fund projects that improve how hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are recovered, reclaimed, and ultimately destroyed using innovative approaches. The basic aim is to keep high-global-warming refrigerants and related chemicals out of the atmosphere by making it easier, cheaper, safer, and more effective to capture them from equipment and materials at end of life, return them to usable quality through reclamation, or destroy them using advanced destruction technologies when reuse is not practical. The program sits within EPA's broader climate strategy because HFCs are extremely potent greenhouse gases and are widely used in refrigeration, air conditioning, foams, and other applications, meaning even relatively small releases can have outsized climate impacts.
This funding is backed by Section 60109 of the Inflation Reduction Act, which provided EPA with $15 million for competitive grants focused specifically on "reclaim and innovative destruction technologies." The Notice of Funding Opportunity explains that these grants must be consistent with the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act authorities, specifically the provisions referenced from Public Law 116-260 (42 U.S.C. 7675). The AIM Act, enacted in 2020, is the key federal law directing EPA to reduce climate harms from HFCs through several parallel strategies: phasing down production and consumption of these chemicals, maximizing reclamation, minimizing releases from equipment, and supporting a sector-by-sector transition to next-generation alternatives. In other words, the grants are intended to accelerate the infrastructure and technology needed to manage legacy and in-use HFCs responsibly while the economy shifts away from them.
The opportunity is grounded in the climate significance of HFCs. HFCs have high global warming potentials (GWPs), so their climate impact is often described as the amount emitted multiplied by the GWP of the specific compound. There are hundreds of HFC compounds in use globally, but the AIM Act regulates 18 specific HFCs that are among the most commonly used and most impactful. The EPA emphasizes that a global phasedown of HFCs is projected to avoid up to 0.5 degrees C of global warming by 2100, which highlights why reclaim and destruction efforts matter: as the phasedown progresses, managing existing stocks and preventing venting or leakage becomes a major near-term lever for emissions reductions.
From an applicant perspective, the EPA expects to make up to about 9 awards under this competition, with an award ceiling of $6,500,000 per project. The assistance listing is associated with CFDA (Assistance Listing) number 66.047, and the activity category is Environment. The closing date listed for applications is February 16, 2024, and the posting (creation) date is November 17, 2023. While the summary text provided here does not detail project periods, cost share, or evaluation criteria, it makes clear that the intent is to fund practical, implementable projects that move the needle on reclaim and destruction capabilities, rather than general research unrelated to deployable HFC management outcomes.
Eligibility is indicated broadly as "Others" in the source fields, with the official eligibility requirements located in Section III of the full funding opportunity announcement. In practice, that means interested organizations should rely on the specific definitions and constraints in the NOFO rather than the abbreviated label. The administering agency is the Environmental Protection Agency, and the program is connected to EPA's Office of Air and Radiation work implementing the AIM Act. For additional regulatory and program context, EPA directs readers to its AIM Act and HFC reduction webpage at https://www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction, which provides background on the phasedown, regulated substances, and implementing regulations that shape the types of projects likely to be responsive to this grant program.Apply for EPA R OAR HFC 24 01
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Hydrofluorocarbon Reclaim and Innovative Destruction Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.047.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-11-17.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-02-16. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $6,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 9 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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