This agreement provides funding for the operation of the oregon health authority's continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to address its highest environmental…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $359,091 Cooperative Agreement to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program. This funding supports OHA's operation of the state's continuing environmental programs, granting it flexibility to address high priority environmental issues, improve environmental performance, achieve administrative savings, and strengthen the partnership between OHA and the EPA.

Specifically, the award provides funding for OHA to administer a state certification, accreditation, compliance, and enforcement program for persons engaged in lead-based paint activities, renovation, and pre-renovation work. The goal is to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in Oregon by ensuring and enforcing compliance with lead environmental laws and regulations. OHA has been authorized by the state to run the lead abatement, renovation, repair, painting, and pre-renovation education programs, and this grant funding directly supports those state-authorized lead programs.

This agreement provides funding for the operation of the oregon health authority's continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to address its highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, achieve administrative savings and strengthen the partnership between oregon health authority and EPA.activities:section 404(g) of tsca authorizes EPA to make grants to states and tribes to undertake compliance and enforcement activities where there are approved state or tribal programs to administer and enforce standards and regulations pertaining to lead exposure reduction. Specifically, tsca section 402 pertains to lead-based paint activities (including abatement and renovation), training and certification and SCA section 406 pertains to pre-renovation education, including the dissemination of a lead hazard information pamphlet. Unlike tsca section 28(a), there is no state matching requirement. An approved program must be at least as protective as the federal standards set forth in 40 CFR part 745.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:oregon health authority requests funding support under 404G of tsca for the administration of a state certification, accreditation, compliance and enforcement program for persons engaged in lead-based paint activities, renovation and pre-renovation work. The goal of oregon's lead program is to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in oregon by ensuing and enforcing compliance with the lead environmental laws and regulations. Oregon state has been authorized to run the lead abatement, renovation, repair and painting and the pre-renovation education programs. This funding supports the oregon state authorized lead programs.