This agreement provides funding to vadeq to conduct activities that are not assignable to specific sites but will support the recipient's response program under the comprehensive environmental…

Award Details: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) received a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809). The award commenced October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2028.

Products and Services: VDEQ will provide non-site-specific administrative and programmatic support to advance Virginia's Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) response program. Key deliverables include fiscal oversight, contract management, and legal assistance for CERCLA program administration; supervision and administrative support of the Superfund Core State Cooperative Agreement Program; and enforcement coordination of environmental, state, federal, and Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (ARAR) regulations. Expected outcomes encompass a productive Superfund State Core Program that develops environmental cleanup and maintenance solutions in partnership with EPA, with specific emphasis on management assistance, health and safety monitoring, ARAR and enforcement coordination, and community relations enhancement. The intended beneficiaries are residents of Virginia. No subawards have been included in this assistance agreement.

This agreement provides funding to vadeq 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.activities:non-site-specific activities to be performed include the following: fiscal overview, contract management, and legal assistance to properly administer cercla programs; supervision, oversight, and administrative support of the superfund core state cooperative agreement program; and enforcement of environmental, state, federal, and arar regulations. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include a productive superfund state core program, which continues to develop environmental cleanup and maintenance solutions in partnership with EPA. The expected outcomes include management assistance, fiscal and contract management, health and safety monitoring, arars and enforcement coordination, and enhancing community relations. The intended beneficiaries include residents of virginia.