Cooperative Agreement 00178009

This $1,058,255 Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 supports the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's implementation of the state's Nonpoint Source Management Program under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants (CFDA #66.460) federal grant program. The Department will fund subrecipients to carry out nonpoint source projects involving best management practices, watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations, and...

This $2,032,022 formula grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 supports the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's implementation of the state's Nonpoint Source Management Program under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants (CFDA #66.460) program. The grant funds various structural and non-structural best management practices, watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations, and education/outreach programs through subawards to improve...

This U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 Formula Grant Award under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA 66.460) provides $1,965,252 in funding to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to implement its nonpoint source management program. The grant will support a variety of projects to clean up water bodies impacted by polluted runoff, including the implementation of structural and non-structural best management practices...

The Dept Of Energy & Environmental Protection received a $2,015,967 Formula Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the EPA's Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA 66.460). The grant will fund the Connecticut Department's efforts to implement its nonpoint source management program and address water quality impairments caused by polluted runoff. Key activities to be delivered include: Implementing structural and non-structural best management...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312) will fund a project to address environmental and public health challenges in disadvantaged communities in the North End of Hartford, Connecticut. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) will partner with local community organizations to: Establish an advisory committee and...

This $377,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454) will fund the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's efforts to improve impaired waters and protect unimpaired waters across the state. Specifically, the grant will support: 1) additional water quality data collection and modeling in West Thompson Lake to inform Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) development; 2) the...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $236,000 Project Grant under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) to the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH) for the period of October 1, 2023 through May 31, 2025. The purpose of this grant is to fund CT DPH's efforts to monitor designated recreational beaches in Connecticut for bacteriological water quality and notify the public when the waters exceed applicable water quality...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Connecticut Department of Public Health a $216,600 Project Grant under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) to support beach water quality monitoring and public notification efforts from October 1, 2021 to May 31, 2023. Deliverables under the award include sampling of designated recreational beaches in Connecticut for bacteriological water quality, notifying the public when waters exceed...

This $148,554 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 supports the University of Connecticut in measuring rates of nitrate removal and characterizing stream geomorphology in tributaries discharging to eight Long Island Sound embayments. The University will conduct stream nitrate tracer experiments under three discharge conditions and concurrent stream surveys and sampling to characterize streambed sediment and channel geomorphology. It will also evaluate the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $100,000.00 in funding to Save The Sound Inc., a non-profit environmental organization, to implement a project to manage stormwater discharge in the town of Hamden, Connecticut. The activities to be performed include installation of fencing, signage, native plants and shrubs, as well as community education and outreach events. The...