The EPA is soliciting applications to provide training and technical assistance to rural, small, and Tribal municipalities, publicly owned wastewater treatment works, and decentralized wastewater treatment systems for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution. Eligible activities include training and technical assistance only. Each application submitted under this announcement must address one, and only one of the four Priority Areas. Only one application may be submitted for each Priority Area per applicant. Eligible organizations may submit more than one application under this competition as long as each one is separately submitted and addresses only one Priority Area.

The Priority Areas include:

• Priority Area 1: Acquisition of Finance/Funding: Training and technical assistance for rural, small, and Tribal municipalities for planning, developing and acquisition of financing/funding for CWSRF eligible activities.
• Priority Area 2: Protect Water Quality and Compliance Assistance: Training and technical assistance for rural, small, and Tribal publicly owned treatment works and decentralized wastewater systems to help improve water quality and to achieve and maintain compliance.
• Priority Area 3: Tribal: Training and technical assistance focused specifically on Tribes for planning, developing and acquisition of financing/funding, to help improve water quality and achieve and maintain compliance, and/or to support emerging contaminants project development.
• Priority Area 4: Decentralized Systems: Information Dissemination, Training and Technical Assistance focused specifically on decentralized wastewater treatment systems to support planning, development and acquisition of finance.