The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has recently announced a funding opportunity through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) which was funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). A total of $600,000 has been allocated from the EECBG by the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) and administered by MDEQ. For more information on these funding opportunities, please see the MDEQ Solid Waste webpage.