This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $346,603.00, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program. The award was granted to the University of Illinois to perform an assessment of the impacts of post-Sackett federal rulemaking on Illinois wetlands. Key activities include data assessment, policy scenario development, and geospatial analysis to evaluate potential wetland loss or gain, with a focus on...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, provides $399,922 to the University of Illinois to develop a climate-based bioindicator for wetland mapping, monitoring, and assessment efforts in the Midwest region. The key products to be delivered include: Development of a Midwest climate-sensitivity bioindicator to integrate wetland protection and restoration into watershed...
This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) will fund the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission to conduct environmental assessment and cleanup planning activities in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties, Illinois. Specifically, the grant will support 15 Phase I and 8 Phase II environmental site assessments, 7...
The University of Illinois received a $650,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to conduct a statewide assessment of 72 coal ash impoundments in Illinois. The key objectives are to: 1) compile updated data on site characteristics and geological/environmental risk factors, 2) perform statewide screening of the coal ash impoundments, 3) enhance stakeholder relationships to improve data...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded Prairie Hills Resource Conservation & Development Inc. a $500,000 cooperative agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup program (CFDA 66.818) from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. Under the award, Prairie Hills will conduct eligible assessment-related activities authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(2) in six counties in Illinois. Activities include completing a comprehensive brownfields...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Will County Center for Economic Development under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA #66.818) program. The award will fund eligible brownfield assessment activities including Phase I, Phase II, cleanup planning and reuse planning on sites located in Will County and the cities of Joliet, Lockport, and Rockdale, Illinois from October 1,...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $1,199,752.00 in funding to Lake County Public Works in Illinois to implement the Wildwood Watermain Replacement Project. The key activities to be performed include replacing and upgrading the public water mains in the communities of Idlewild, Dady, and Decker within Lake County. The expected outcomes include improved...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, provides $336,626 in funding to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). The funding will support CDPHE's efforts to develop a program that authorizes and regulates discharges of dredge or fill material to wetlands and other state waters no longer considered "Waters of the United States"...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided 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 $3,500,000 in funding to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to re-capitalize a Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF). The funding will enable IEPA to make loans and subgrants to clean up Brownfield sites and conduct other necessary activities to...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program provides $170,100 in funding to the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2026. The award supports three key project activities: 1) Enhancing wetland mapping and monitoring in D.C. to demonstrate historic wetland losses and current trends, including making data publicly...