Cooperative Agreement 01D07320

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded Groundwork New Orleans a $1,444,519 cooperative agreement under the CFDA 66.475 Gulf of Mexico Program to enhance habitat and improve water quality in the Gulf of Mexico. The project will demonstrate innovative bioremediation techniques to reduce nutrients in urban runoff at sample sites in Mobile, New Orleans, and Dallas. Key activities include training citizen scientists, implementing bioremediation applications, disseminating...

Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4, under the Geographic Programs - Gulf of America Program (CFDA 66.475), awarded $648,027 to the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain effective August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The award funds a comprehensive water quality improvement initiative focused on waste reduction and pollution prevention across 14 counties and fishing communities in Lower Mississippi....

Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999) awarded a $793,000 Cooperative Agreement to Pontchartrain Conservancy on November 1, 2025, with performance through October 31, 2028. Under this agreement, Pontchartrain Conservancy will remove over 3,000 pounds of trash from New Orleans waterways and install multiple new trash collection devices designed to capture and remove marine debris from the Lake Pontchartrain...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded a $599,884 Cooperative Agreement to Mississippi State University on August 1, 2025, through the Geographic Programs - Gulf of America Program (CFDA 66.475) to improve water quality in the Gulf of America watershed. The award funds a statewide high school art and slogan competition designed to increase public awareness about trash reduction in freshwater and marine systems and to encourage...

The Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain received a $2,499,800 Cooperative Agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - Gulf of Mexico Program (CFDA 66.475) on March 1, 2024. This funding will support the Land Trust's efforts to improve habitat and water quality in the Gulf of Mexico region through a competitive subaward program. Key activities include: Developing and administering a competitive subaward program for projects focused on water quality, habitat...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,284,481 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Gulf of Mexico Program (CFDA 66.475) supports the B.F. Smith Foundation's efforts to improve water quality in the Gulf of Mexico. The project will conduct on-farm demonstrations to evaluate innovative technologies and strategies that can be integrated into farming systems to reduce nutrient and sediment loading into waterbodies. Key activities include characterizing agricultural and ecological systems,...

This $796,428 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) assistance agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Pollution Prevention Grants Program (CFDA 66.708) will provide technical assistance, including information, training, and expert advice, to address environmental justice concerns and improve human health and the environment in disadvantaged communities in Louisiana. The project will support the EPA's goals to promote pollution prevention (P2) by targeting...

This $1,499,999 Cooperative Agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs – Gulf of Mexico Program (CFDA 66.475) supports the University of Houston's efforts to enhance and protect the water quality of the Gulf of Mexico. The key activities under this 3-year award include: Demonstrating a new floating aquatic plant system that can reliably remove 50-60% of excess nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus from stormwater runoff. The system will use floating...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded Louisiana State University $749,328 under the Geographic Programs - Gulf of America Program (CFDA 66.475) to monitor water quality and contaminant bioaccumulation across aquatic ecosystems in Louisiana. Effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028, the project will conduct sampling and analysis of surface water and water-borne biota in three rivers, two bayous, three lakes, and Vermilion Bay to...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $3 million Cooperative Agreement to the National Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. to implement the Geographic Programs - Gulf of Mexico Program. Through subawards, the Association will fund projects from 2022-2027 to improve water quality and habitat in historically underserved farm communities in the non-Mississippi River Gulf region of Texas. Ninety percent of funds will support subawards to implement innovative practices...