This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5, under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, provides $400,000 in funding to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) to collect statewide data for incorporation into the Ohio Stream Assessment Method (OSAM). The activities include the development of regional curves specific to Ohio for use in the OSAM tool, which will be utilized in compensatory mitigation...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), will fund the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Office of Coastal Management (ODNR OCM) to monitor wetland sites within the Lake Erie watershed and Maumee River basin. The $699,000 award will support activities such as soil sampling in multiple wetland restoration projects to measure parameters that predict phosphate...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $688,000 in funding to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (Orsanco) to purchase three Organic Detection Systems (ODS) for source water protection, emergency preparedness, and emergency response along the Ohio River basin. The activities include replacing aged instrumentation at two fixed locations and purchasing one...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) provides $316,932 in funding to the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment. The award will support efforts to better delineate the extent and classification of lacustrine (lake) and palustrine (marsh) wetlands across Oklahoma using modern datasets and field verification. Key activities include developing a Quality Assurance Project...
This $168,775 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) will enable the State of Ohio Office of Budget and Management State Accounting, doing business as the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA), to carry out its program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of Ohio's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities under...
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 $354,772 in funding to the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment to support wetland conservation efforts in Oklahoma. The key activities include: 1) Developing an updated state wetlands program plan, 2) Preparing a quality assurance project plan, 3) Conducting desktop and field-based identification and assessment...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency a $1,998,725 Cooperative Agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). Over the five-year period from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2027, Ohio EPA will conduct eligible assessment-related activities authorized under CERLCA 104(k)(2) to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802), will provide $263,607.00 to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) to perform site characterization activities at potential or confirmed hazardous waste sites in Ohio. The funded activities include conducting 3 pre-CERCLA screenings, 3 preliminary assessments, 5 site...
This Cooperative Agreement provides $3,000,000 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CFDA 66.046) program to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) to develop a comprehensive, economy-wide climate mitigation plan for the state. The key deliverables include a Priority Climate Action Plan due by March 2024 and a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan due by summer 2025. The funding will also support stakeholder...
This $3,927,700.00 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies in Ohio. The key activities to be performed under this agreement include inspecting hundreds of discharges, reviewing National...