Project Grant 2020PMBX0015

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will receive $200,000 under a three-year Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administration and Resource Management to enhance waterway and wetland regulatory data management capabilities. Funded activities under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) include creating a waterway and wetland regulatory database, and increasing integration between the database and the agency's water...

This $200,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program will enhance Florida Department of Environmental Protection's data management capabilities for drinking water programs. The department will upgrade its Federal State Drinking Water Information System database and Compliance Monitoring Data Portal to streamline and modernize water quality data reporting for greater program effectiveness and compliance. Anticipated...

This $499,201 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the "Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act" program (CFDA 66.034) will allow the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) to upgrade and enhance its air quality monitoring and inspection capabilities. Key activities funded under this award include purchasing a new gas chromatograph/mass...

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) received a $125,356 Formula Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Multipurpose Grants to States and Tribes program (CFDA 66.204) to purchase equipment, supplies, and replace aging assets. Funding will support IDEM's air and water quality monitoring programs through the purchase of calibration and field auditing equipment, supplies to assist with hazardous waste management, and replacements for outdated...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), through its National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817), awarded $2.36M to the Indiana Office of Technology on September 15, 2025, for the acquisition of Quality Level 1 (QL1) Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data covering 33 eastern Indiana counties across approximately 11,787 square miles. The three-year project, concluding September 29, 2028, will update the state's existing 2017-2018...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources $160,985 under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants program (CFDA 66.461) for a cooperative agreement running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The purpose of this assistance is to fund the development of additional tools and resources that can be extracted from existing wetland monitoring and assessment data, and to grow the capacity of Wisconsin's Wetland Monitoring and...

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WY DEQ) was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Administration and Resource Management under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608). The grant will support WY DEQ's efforts to enhance its information technology and data management capabilities for regulatory programs related to underground injection control. Anticipated deliverables include the development of...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $291,190 Cooperative Agreement under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). The funding will support the development of a Wetland Program Plan for Wisconsin that evaluates all four EPA-identified core elements. The plan will assess the status of the state's wetland programs and create a strategic plan to prioritize next steps over the next 5 years, with...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) a Performance Partnership Grant (PPG, CFDA 66.605) totaling $21,352,974 for the period July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027. Under this consolidated formula grant, IDEM operates five integrated environmental protection programs: the Clean Air Act Section 105 program for air pollution control; Clean Water Act Section 106 program for water pollution...

The Hawaii Department of Health was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Administration and Resource Management under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608). The grant will enhance the recipient's information technology and data management capabilities to facilitate the electronic collection, reporting, exchange, sharing, and integration of environmental data. Key deliverables include...