This EA evaluates DOE’s proposed action is to provide Toxco Incorporated with $9,552,653 in financial assistance in a cost-sharing arrangement to facilitate construction and operation of the Next-Generation Lithium Ion Battery Recycling Facility. This proposed action through the Vehicle Technologies Program will accelerate the development and production of electric-drive vehicle systems and reduce the United States’ consumption of petroleum. This proposed action will also meaningfully assist in the nation’s economic recovery by creating manufacturing jobs in the United States in accordance with the objectives of the Recovery Act.