As an initial step in the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) long term strategy to evaluate the Pollution Prevention Incentives for States (PPIS) grant program, the PPIS Assessment Study documents the full range of activities funded by the PPIS grant program during the first 5 years. All of the information presented in this report is based solely on interviews or materials prepared by the grantees themselves. This report does not attempt to compare or rate state programs, nor is the study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of specific activities funded by the grant. This report represents an accounting of how grantees used EPA funds to stimulate and enhance pollution prevention awareness and initiatives throughout the country. It attempts to answer the following questions: How are states using PPIS funding to support activities that promote pollution prevention. How are states combining regulatory and voluntary approaches towards pollution prevention. Do PPIS grants support the establishment of sustainable pollution prevention programs at the state level.

Cover title. "EPA/742-S-96-001." "June 1996." Publisher information came from cover. Publication location information from P. [3] of cover. Includes bibliographical references.