Funding for Pollution Prevention Programs

RFP Announcement :

The City of Los Angeles Environmental Affairs Department is inviting proposals from local, non-profit community organizations and educational institutions in response to the Community to Business Pollution Prevention Funding Program (CBP2). Now in its third term, the CBP2 Funding Program was initiated to support community-based projects that raise local businesses' awareness, understanding, and implementation of pollution prevention policies and practices, with a particular focus on stormwater and wastewater pollution. Additional funding for projects that address air pollution from mobile sources also is available. The program will fund projects ranging from $15,000 - $24,000, to achieve measurable pollution prevention at businesses in Los Angeles . Any non-profit community/environmental organization or educational institution within the City of Los Angeles can apply for CBP2 funding.

The CBP2 Program will fund Proposals aimed at businesses within the City of Los Angeles and can include such projects as training workshops, roundtables, survey maps, pollutant profiles, videos, brochures, and collection programs.   The CBP2 Program is designed to encourage the development of unique pollution prevention partnerships among many diverse groups and will give funding priority to collaborative efforts that best address pollution prevention and reduction of hazardous and toxic materials at local businesses.   The CBP2 Program is particularly interested in projects that promote pollution prevention on a community-wide basis through team-based policy and planning.

Proposed projects must be completed within one year of contract date.

Deadline for proposals is December 28, 2006 no later than 4 p.m .  An informational meeting will be held on November 16, 2006 at:

City Hall
200 N. Spring St.
Los Angeles CA, 90012
10 th floor Conference Room # 1060
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

For more information and the full RFP contact Karin Christie at
(213) 978-0875 or George Payba at (213) 978-0884, or visit
http://www.lacity.org/EAD/EADWeb-EBA/rfp.htm