This agreement includes fiscal year 2024 bipartisan infrastructure law awards, which includes drinking water state revolving fund general supplemental, clean water state revolving fund general…

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $29,463,000 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants for the Insular Areas - Program Support (CFDA 66.600) program provides funding to the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements in American Samoa.

The award will fund a range of projects, including: tank installation and replacement, waterline replacement, sewer lift station rehabilitation/replacement, setting up a SCADA system for the drinking water system, sewer system extension, and wastewater treatment improvements. These projects aim to replace aging infrastructure, reduce non-revenue water, provide reliable potable water, and improve wastewater treatment and effluent quality to protect public health and the environment. The award includes preaward costs approved back to October 1, 2024 and has an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2031.

This agreement includes fiscal year 2024 bipartisan infrastructure law awards, which includes drinking water state revolving fund general supplemental, clean water state revolving fund general supplemental, clean water emerging contaminant funds, drinking water emerging contaminant funds, and lead service line replacement funds. The project workplan is targeted to meet the statutory and regulatory objectives, milestones, and goals of EPA's strategic plan, in conjunction with the authority and legislative intent of the omnibus territories act. Planned projects are derived from the american samoa power authority (aspa) project priority list. The specific project priorities may change throughout the period of performance, which are dependent on the needs basis of protecting human health and the environment. This year's award will fund design and construction for tank installation and replacement, waterline replacement, sewer lift station rehabilitation/replacement, setting up SCADA for the drinking water system, sewer system extension, and wastewater treatment improvements. This cooperative agreement provides full bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) federal funding in the amount of $29,463,000. Preaward costs are approved back to october 1, 2024. See terms and conditions.activities:this agreement includes bipartisan infrastructure law funds for fiscal year 2024. The full detailed workplan is attached and describes the objectives, milestones, and goals that meet the requirements of EPA's strategic plan, gpra, statutes, regulations, and is being done with the authority and legislative intent of the omnibus territories act. The proposed projects are taken from the usepa approved asepa project priority list, however, the specific project priorities may change through the years dependent on the need of addressing protection of human health and the environment. The proposed projects will focus on tank installation and replacement, waterline replacement, sewer lift station rehabilitation/replacement, setting up SCADA for the drinking water system, sewer system extension, and wastewater treatment improvements. The proposed activities and budget are detailed in the workplan, which has been negotiated and approved by the project officer. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the water system improvement projects' primary objectives include replacing old leaking water mains, upgrading undersized mains, and reducing operations and maintenance costs. These projects also aim to reduce non-revenue water, providing metered (billable), reliable, potable drinking water to every customer residing in the american samoa. The objective of the new proposed wastewater projects is to provide first time wastewater service to several villages, protect wells by decommissioning cesspools and septic systems, and improve effluent water quality.