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Supplemental Environmental Projects Idea Bank Form Instructions
General InformationPlease provide the following information:
- A Project Name and date for future reference.
- A contact name, address, phone number and E-mail so we can contact the submitter for questions and contact if the project is selected.
Please note: SEP Idea Bank Proposals will be deleted automatically after five years but can be resubmitted for inclusion into the database.
Project Information
- Type of project as defined by EPA's SEP Policy. Categories of permissible projects under the SEP Policy are
- Public Health
- Pollution Prevention
- Pollution Reduction
- Environmental Restoration and Protection
- Assessments and Audits
- Environmental Compliance Promotion
- Emergency Planning and Preparedness
- Other Types of Projects
Refer to EPA's SEP Policy for definitions and discussion of these categories and for information about the types of projects that are not permitted as SEPs.
- Affected geographic location of the project.
Please include the state, county, city, watershed, river, or other description
of the ecosystem or geographic area affected by the proposed project.
- Affected Environmental Justice Area Please identify if the proposed project will benefit an Environmental Justice (EJ) area or community.
EJ is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Fair treatment means that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic group, should bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, municipal, and commercial operations or the execution of federal, state, local, and tribal programs and policies. Refer to the Environmental Justice Page page for additional information.
- Source of Idea The name of the group or organization
submitting the idea for the project, if different than the name of the
submitter above.
- Description of the Project Please provide a detailed description of the project, including the estimated time needed to complete the project.
- For industrial equipment modifications or purchases, identify the affected processes, media, and waste streams or discharges, and include a technical description of the work that will need to be performed.
- For environmental restoration, public health, and environmental justice projects, identify any initiatives or other Federal projects that are related to the project, if known, as well as any third party organizations that would be involved in implementing the project. Describe any community input processes that have already been undertaken or that have been contemplated.
- Environmental Benefits For industrial projects,
provide an estimation of the projected percentage and/or quantity of
pollutant reduction that will result from the project or a description
of the benefit to the general public or the environment. Describe the
procedures that would be used to verify the environmental benefits achieved
(e.g., stack test, sampling, monitoring data, etc.). For other
projects, describe the environmental or public health benefits that
will result from the project, quantified as much as possible (e.g.,
number of acres of wetland available for restoration, size of population
at risk that will be helped by the project, etc.).
- Cost of Project To the extent known, provide
an estimated budget for the project.
- Projected Savings to Violator If possible, estimate the savings to the violator that will result from the project, if any, including and estimation of the payback period (i.e., the time that it will take for the company to recoup the cost of the project through the savings that it achieves as a result of the project).
Go to SEP Idea Bank Form
Additional Information
- Contact Debbie Moody (moody.debbie@epa.gov) at 215-814-3294.
- All Mid-Atlantic Region Press Releases
- Public Information Hotline - 800-438-2474