§7437 Greenhouse gas air pollution plans and implementation grants

Summary

Provides money to the EPA to help states and local groups make and carry out plans that cut greenhouse gas air pollution. The law gives $250,000,000 for making plans, available until September 30, 2031, and $4,750,000,000 for carrying out the plans, available until September 30, 2026. The EPA must set aside 3 percent of the $4,750,000,000 for administrative costs, technical help, a model plan grantees can use, and modeling how plans affect pollution. The EPA must award at least one planning grant in each State, and must publish a funding notice within 270 days after August 16, 2022. Plans must describe programs, policies, measures, and projects that will reduce greenhouse gas air pollution. The EPA will run a competitive process to give implementation grants to entities that submit plans. Applicants must send the information the EPA requires, including how much pollution the plan is expected to cut overall and how much it will help low-income and disadvantaged communities. The EPA will pay out grant money based on how well a grantee follows its plan and meets the projected pollution reductions. Eligible entity — a State, an air pollution control agency, a city or town, an Indian tribe, or a group of these. Greenhouse gas — carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.