Provide funding for the operation of the new york state department of environmental conservation's (nysdec) continuing environmental programs while giving IT greater flexibility to address its highest…

This $21.7 million cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will fund water quality protection programs from April 2021 through March 2026 under the Performance Partnership Grants program. Key activities to be performed under the award include assessing compliance of permitted facilities, implementing a sanitary sewer overflow strategy, conducting permit quality reviews, and preparing Section 303(d) assessment lists to protect and maintain waters throughout New York State. Additional deliverables will consist of pollution control efforts such as permit writing, environmental sampling, and preparation of reports. The funding aims to provide flexibility for New York DEC to address high priorities while strengthening the state-EPA partnership and achieving administrative cost savings in managing continuing environmental programs.

Provide funding for the operation of the new york state department of environmental conservation's (nysdec) 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 nysdec and the environmental protection agency (EPA). This agreement funds statewide programs to protect and improve water quality. Activities to be performed include assessing compliance of permitted facilities, implementing the sanitary sewer overflow strategy, conducting permit quality reviews, preparation of section 303(d) assessment lists, etc. Anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes associated with managing continuing environmental programs include activities to protect and maintain waters of new york state and pollution control activities such as writing of permits, performing environmental sampling, preparatio