<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_lzd52pmd0" alt="image.png" width="196" height="75" style="margin-right: 0px;"><div>Here is an opportunity for our communities to create new battery recycling programs or to enhance current ones.  Please consider learning more about this grant on August 6th. <br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:863.984px;background:rgb(244,244,244);border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:863.984px;padding:0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:863.984px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="660" style="width:495pt;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:495pt;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="background:white;padding:0in"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:660px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:660px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:660px;padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:660px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:660px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0.5in 0.25in 9pt"><div id="m_6202875306337400908dataBlockId-1"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:19.5px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/akbstrategies/just-announced-41-million-in-doe-funding-available-to-state-and-local-governments-to-boost-battery-recycling?e=bc56fe4526" target="_blank">View this email in your browser</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:9pt 0.5in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://transportationenergypartners.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63a87e9e14e231626b7f8ac14&id=4ab8aa4e05&e=bc56fe4526" target="_blank"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;text-decoration-line:none"><img border="0" width="178" height="79" id="m_6202875306337400908_x0000_i1028" src="https://mcusercontent.com/63a87e9e14e231626b7f8ac14/images/2763b8fe-9985-85d6-0e5a-ae86525bc7c6.png" alt="Logo" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 1.8541in; height: 0.8229in;"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:15pt 0.25in;min-width:100%"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:612px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1.5pt solid black;padding:0in"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:660px;border-collapse:collapse;border-radius:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:9pt 0.25in"><div id="m_6202875306337400908dataBlockId-3"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:19.5px"><b><span style="font-size:22.5pt;line-height:45px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">$41 Million in DOE Funding Available</span></b><b><span style="font-size:23.5pt;line-height:47px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:19.5px"><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:30px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">State and Local Governments are able to access this funding in order to boost battery recycling (</span><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:30px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(229,25,55)">Sept 16 deadline</span><span style="font-size:15pt;line-height:30px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">)</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:660px;border-collapse:collapse;border-radius:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:9pt 0.25in"><div id="m_6202875306337400908dataBlockId-15"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:19.5px"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:27px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The U.S. Department of Energy’s </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://transportationenergypartners.us4.list-manage.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