This agreement provides funding to town of montgomery to implement its project for wastewater infrastructure construction as directed in the 2022 consolidated appropriations act

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded a $2.8 million Cooperative Agreement to the Town of Montgomery under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to design and construct a comprehensive wastewater infrastructure system in Montgomery Center, Vermont. The project, awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2027, will replace failing and non-compliant on-lot septic systems with a town-owned public wastewater collection, conveyance, and treatment system. Key deliverables include construction of a Water Resource Recovery Facility featuring equalization tanks, secondary treatment with packed bed media filtration, and subsurface drip dispersion; a collection and conveyance system with on-lot effluent gravity tanks, gravity sewer lines, effluent force mains, and two community pump stations; and replacement of existing on-lot septic infrastructure.

The project is intended to protect public health and environmental quality for Montgomery Center residents by providing a reliable, centralized wastewater management system to replace inadequate individual septic systems. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement. As a congressionally mandated project, the award was identified through the 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act and does not require competitive solicitation. The Town of Montgomery is responsible for full implementation and execution of project activities, with EPA conducting annual reviews and oversight through its Project Officer and Grants Specialist.

Activities:the activities to be performed include the execution and implementation of a project to construct a town-owned basic public wastewater infrastructure system in montgomery center to replace existing non-complying, failing, and/or troubled on-lot septic systems. Workplan activities consist of: the removal and replacement of the existing buried on-site septic tanks with a new town owned wastewater collection, conveyance, and treatment system. The collection and conveyance system will include new buried on-lot septic tank effluent gravity tanks, effluent gravity sewer lines, small diameter effluent force main, and two community effluent pump stations. The water resource recovery facility will consist of new buried equalization tanks, secondary + treatment including packed bed media filtration and drip dispersion wet well with disposal via subs surface drip dispersion. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include construction of the water resource recovery facility, collection and conveyance systems and on-lot septic systems. The expected outcomes include a reliable wastewater system to protect public health and the environment. The intended beneficiaries include the citizens of the town of montgomery, vermont specifically in the montgomery center area.