9th International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

Post Date

February 2nd 2010

Application Due Date

March 17th 2010

Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.

Funding Opportunity Number

EPA-OECA-OFA-1001

CFDA Number(s)

66.931

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $500000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The Office of Federal Activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting applications from qualified, not-for-profit organizations for a cooperative agreement in support of the 9th International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement to be held in Canada in the Spring or Summer of 2011. (See section III. of announcement for additional eligibility information.)EPA anticipates that approximately 185 people will attend the conference from governments and organizations from over 50 different countries. The conference theme will be “Enforcement Cooperation for Sustainability” and will cover topics on environmental compliance and enforcement including, but not limited to: climate compliance; international shipments of wastes, new approaches to regulations and compliance monitoring; working with prosecutors and the judiciary, INECE’s past success and direction for the future; and enforcement of both “brown” and “green” issues. The conference will include side events such as training courses, topical and regional meetings.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Davis Jones, 202-564-6035.

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Davis Jones

• Agency Email Address:

  jones.davis@epa.gov

• More Information:

  9th International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement