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The Books · Agencies · EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

Award obligations from USAspending, with detail archived for FFY 2024 · 2 sub-agencies.

EPA’s awards and outlays include grants to states and tribes, Superfund work, and operating programs. Award figures on The Ledger come from archived USAspending awarding-agency rollups (obligations). That is not the same as every dollar the agency outlays.

Obligations · FFY 2024

$46.7B

Awarding agency EPA

Transactions

21,477

Award transactions in FFY 2024

Share of awards

0.94%

Of archived awarding-agency obligations in FFY 2024

MTS outlays · FFY 2025

$37.0B

Matched Monthly Treasury Statement line

Obligations by year

Award obligations by fiscal year for Environmental Protection Agency
Fiscal yearObligations
FFY 2024$46.7B
FFY 2023$15.6B
FFY 2022$9.5B
FFY 2021$6.1B
FFY 2018$5.7B
FFY 2017$5.2B
FFY 2016$5.3B

Award categoriesFFY 2024

Obligations by award category for Environmental Protection Agency
CategoryAmount
Grants$43.5B
Contracts$2.2B
Direct payments$928.1M
Loans$16.4M
IDVs$6.1M

Top sub-agenciesFFY 2024

Top sub-agencies by obligations for Environmental Protection Agency
Sub-agencyCodeObligationsTransactions
Environmental Protection AgencyEPA$46.7B21,477

Sources

  • Obligations are legal commitments, not the same as Treasury outlays. See award obligations and outlays.
  • Official websiteUSAspending agency pageBudget justificationMethodologyAll awarding agencies