&EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency An EPA Grant Program What are Environmental Finance Centers? What is Environmental Finance? EPA supports a network of 10 environmental finance centers (EFCs) located across the country. EFCs are university-based organi- zations that provide innovative solutions to communities to help manage the costs of en- vironmental protection programs and activi- ties. EPA leverages funding provided through its grant program, which combines with other non-EPA funding sources to support the various EFCs. EFCs provide government officials and small businesses with a number of services, including: Analyses on environmental financing alter- natives Technical assistance Education through short courses for state and local officials and graduate courses through traditional university curricula Development and publication of cases studies about innovative financing tech- niques Serving as clearinghouses for regional and state information on environmental financ- ing and program management Outreach services such as tools, training courses, lecture series, or education for communities and relevant stakeholders about financing issues FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact EPA's Center for Environmental Finance WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/efinpage EMAIL: efin@epa.gov MAILING ADDRESS Center for Environmental Finance Office of the Chief Financial Officer U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW(2731R) Washington, DC 20460 Knowledge about how to fund environmental programs is often limited. But financing mechanisms are essential to successfully implementing environmental programs at local, state, and federal levels. There is a significant need to educate public officials, cur- rently on the front lines of financing environmental facilities and services, about options and tools available to help them meet their regulatory requirements and individual program goals. EPA Regions Locations of Environmental Finance Centers Serving EPA Region 1 University of Southern Maine Samuel B. Merrill, PhD, Director tel: (207) 228-8596 fax: (207)780-4317 smerrill@usm.maine.edu Serving EPA Region 2 Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems Sara Jade Pesek, Director tel: (315) 289-2659 fax:(315)443-1329 spesek@syracusecoe.org Serving EPA Region 3 University of Maryland Joanne Throwe, Director tel: (301) 405-5036 fax:(301)315-5639 jthrowe@umd.edu Serving EPA Region 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jeff Hughes, Director tel: (919) 843-4956 fax:(919)962-2765 jhughes@unc.edu Serving EPA Region 4 University of Louisville Lauren Heberle, PhD, Director tel: (502) 852-4749 fax: (502) 852-4677 lauren.heberle@louisville.edu Serving EPA Region 5 Cleveland State University Kevin O'Brien, Director tel: (216) 687-2188 fax: (216)687-9291 k. o. obrien@csuohio. edu Serving EPA Regions 6 & 8 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Heather Himmelberger, Director tel: (505) 424-7028 fax: (505) 245-6739 heatherh@iera.nmt. edu Serving EPA Region 7 Wichita State University Angela Buzard, Director tel: (316) 978-3401 ange/a. buzard@wichita. edu Serving EPA Region 9 Dominican University of California Sarah Diefendorf, Director tel: (415) 494-5422 sdief@aol.com Serving EPA Region 10 Boise State University David Eberle, Director tel: (208) 426-4293 fax: (208) 426-3967 weberle@boisestate. edu January 2011 EPA-190-F-11-002 ------- |