The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the University of Connecticut a $133,333 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025. The grant will fund the University of Connecticut to implement a project to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices focused on stormwater management and green infrastructure in Hartford, Bloomfield, and Windham, Connecticut. Key deliverables include...
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) will receive $890,000 under a fiscal year 2022 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1. The grant funding will support DEEP's brownfields response program from October 2021 through September 2022. DEEP will use the EPA grant funding to conduct timely surveys and inventories of brownfield sites throughout Connecticut, provide oversight and enforcement to ensure response actions at such sites...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817). The primary objectives of this grant are to: 1) establish or enhance Connecticut DEEP's response program to meet the four statutory elements under CERCLA Section 128(a)(2), 2) maintain and update an annual public record of brownfields sites, and 3) conduct a...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the City of Waterbury, Connecticut under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will support the city's brownfield remediation activities at 777 South Main Street in Waterbury, as authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(3). Specifically, the city will clean up one brownfield site, create a community...
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection $870,000 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) federal project grant program. Connecticut DEEP will use the funding to enhance the state's Brownfields Response Program and conduct planning, assessment, and cleanup activities at brownfield sites across the state from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Specifically, Connecticut DEEP will perform timely...
The Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board, Inc. was awarded a $1.22 million cooperative agreement by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA 66.815) to provide environmental remediation training and job placement services for 80 residents of Waterbury, Connecticut from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2028. The objective of the Brownfields Job Training Program is to equip unemployed and underemployed individuals in communities impacted by solid...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.814) will enable Groundwork USA Inc. to provide nationwide technical assistance, coaching, and educational resources to build the capacity of nonprofits operating in brownfield-impacted communities. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing 30 hands-on workshops and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded a $158,114 Project Grant to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP) under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809). This funding supports CTDEEP's implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) in Connecticut. The grant supports CTDEEP's Superfund program management activities, including clerical...
This $780,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program will support the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) in enhancing its brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to (1) establish or enhance the statutory elements of an effective state response program, (2) maintain a public record of brownfield sites, and (3) conduct...
This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded on October 1, 2024 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), will provide funding to the Town of Stafford, Connecticut to conduct eligible assessment-related activities. Specifically, the agreement will enable the town to inventory, characterize, and assess up to 3 Phase I and 3 Phase II environmental sites, develop...