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…

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides $337,027 in funding to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to administer the state's lead-based paint activities, renovation, and pre-renovation education programs. The goal is to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in Oregon by ensuring compliance with lead environmental laws and regulations. OHA will deliver services including certification, accreditation, compliance, and enforcement activities for persons engaged in lead-based paint work, as authorized under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This funding supports OHA's role as the state agency responsible for implementing the federally approved lead hazard reduction programs in Oregon.

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 tsca 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.