This assistance agreement provides funding to illinois environmental protection agency to conduct activities that are not assignable to specific sites but will support the recipient's response program…

Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $125,000 cooperative agreement to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency on April 1, 2026, to conduct non-site-specific activities supporting the state's Superfund response program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The award funds program management and supervision, cooperative agreement and contract administration, fiscal and contract management, legal assistance including cost recovery and litigation activities, and administrative and general clerical and technical support. The funding is obligated through March 31, 2027, with work performed in Illinois. No subawards are included. The anticipated outcomes are comprehensive training, improved project management to enable the state to assume lead responsibilities on National Priorities List projects, effective procurement administration, improved compliance with legal and administrative requirements, improved budgetary control, and comprehensive program management. The intended beneficiaries are Illinois residents. This award falls under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809), which provides funds to states and tribes for CERCLA activities not assignable to specific sites but supporting their Superfund programs.

This assistance agreement provides funding to illinois environmental protection agency to conduct activities that are not assignable to specific sites but will support the recipient's response program under the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act (cercla). Activities:non-site-specific activities to be performed include the following: program management and supervision; cooperative agreement and contract administration; fiscal and contract management activity; legal assistance, including cost recovery and litigation activities; and administrative and general clerical/technical support.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated outcomes and expected deliverables include: comprehensive training; improved project management to allow state to assume lead on national priorities list projects; effective procurement administration; improved compliance with legal and administrative requirements; improved budgetary control; and comprehensive program management. The intended beneficiaries are illinois residents.