This agreement provides funding for the operation of the massachusetts department of environmental protection's continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to address its…

This agreement provides funding for the operation of the massachusetts department of environmental protection's continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to address its highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, achieve savings and strengthen the partnership between the massachusetts department of environmental protection and the environmental protection agency. This agreement funds the state's continuing environmental programs for air, water, and waste/toxics throughout the state of massachusetts and direct resources as appropriate to address environmental and public health concerns. Activities:the activities to be performed under this multi-media performance partnership grant include the collection and analysis of data and other information related to ambient air quality and water quality conditions for a range of water bodies in the commonwealth of massachusetts. Activities under this agreement also allow the commonwealth of massachusetts to administer its authorized water programs including the non-point source program, the underground injection control program, the public water system supervisions program, and the wetland program development grants, if selected. In addition, the funding supports the control and mitigation of hazardous waste and allows for the assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfields sites and other contaminated sites in the commonwealth of massachusetts. Subrecipient:massdep (the recipient) indicated that subawards would be utilized to assist in fulfilling the deliverables under 3 distinct programs: 1) the 319 nonpoint source program, 2) the CWA 106 water pollution control program, and 3) the wetland program development grant program. For the 319 nonpoint source program, the subawards are for required technical services. This includes providing technical staffing support with expertise in revising the NPS management plan; and developing, maintaining, and updating massdep's capacity-building technical tools. For the CWA 106 (and 106 monitoring) program, the recipient will enter into subawards (provide grants to) public and non-public entities to assist in the monitoring, assessment, and mitigation of pollution in waterways, throughout the commonwealth of massachusetts. This includes lab and pharmaceutical services. Some of the funding available under the wetland program development grant program will include a subaward to fulfill the project's goal of integrating newly developed tidal hydraulic geometry regression equations into the USGS streamstats web application for climate resiliency. Outcomes:this work includes outputs (deliverables) and outcomes associated with managing continuing environmental programs, which include activities to protect and maintain air, water, and land by monitoring, using pollution prevention, assessment, and relevant cleanup techniques, permitting, enforcement, standard setting, and/or inspections for the various multi-media programs. The activities that are to be performed are currently identified in the FY24-FY25 priorities and commitments lists, which are in support of the continuing environmental programs funded by this performance partnership grant. These activities will produce measurable environmental public health results to benefit the citizens of massachusetts, who are the direct beneficiaries of these continuing environmental programs.