The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) has been awarded a $693,192 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920). The purpose of this award is to enhance NDDEQ's efforts to support long-term planning and data collection needs that demonstrate progress toward the national recycling goal and food loss and waste reduction goal, as well as advance a circular...
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) was awarded a $459,000 formula grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.458) program. The purpose of this 7-year grant, with a start date of August 4, 2023 and end date of July 31, 2030, is to capitalize the state's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program. The primary focus of the CWSRF funding is to address emerging contaminants in water, such as those found...
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (ND DEQ) received a $19.7 million Formula Grant award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program (CFDA #66.468). The grant capitalizes North Dakota's DWSRF and will be used to provide low-interest financing to public water systems for eligible drinking water infrastructure projects that protect public health through March 2029. Specifically, the bulk of...
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) has received a $4,419,600 Formula Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.458) program. The purpose of this five-year grant is to capitalize the state's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program, enabling NDDEQ to provide low-interest financing to numerous sub-recipients for planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) a $1,043,000 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.458) capitalization grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The primary purpose of this Formula Grant is to address emerging contaminants in water systems across the state. The grant funds will enable NDDEQ to provide low-interest loans to numerous subrecipient communities for planning, designing, and...
This Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides $8,282,021 in funding to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) under the EPA's Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program. The funding supports a range of DEQ's continuing environmental programs and priorities, including air quality, water quality, hazardous waste management, solid waste reduction, and enforcement activities. Key deliverables and outcomes include detecting...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 has awarded a $3M Cooperative Agreement to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046). This award will enable NDDEQ to develop a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) by March 2024 and a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) within 2 years, in collaboration with communities across North Dakota. The plans will quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and...
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) has been awarded a $1,043,000 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Formula Grant by the Environmental Protection Agency (CFDA 66.458). The primary purpose of this grant is to address emerging contaminants in the state's water systems. The grant will capitalize the NDDEQ's CWSRF program, enabling the department to provide low-interest financing to numerous sub-recipients for eligible wastewater infrastructure improvements and...
This $5,593,200 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.468) grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on January 21, 2025, provides capitalization funding to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) to support drinking water infrastructure improvements across the state. The grant enables NDDEQ to offer low-interest financing to eligible public water systems for planning, design, and construction of projects that protect public health, such as...
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) received a $6,062,910 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program. The grant funds will be used by DANR to perform delegated program activities, quality assurance, and maintain regional/national databases associated with environmental programs addressing clean air, clean water, hazardous/solid waste, drinking water, underground...
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) was awarded a $5,021,216 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program. The funding will be used by NDDEQ to perform delegated environmental program activities, quality assurance, and maintain regional/national databases for programs addressing clean air, clean water, hazardous/solid waste, drinking water, underground storage tanks, underground injection control, and radon. Key activities include promoting environmental justice, detecting violations and ensuring compliance, improving air and water quality, reducing radiation exposure, and strengthening tribal/state/local partnerships. NDDEQ will sub-award funds to local health districts and plumbing boards to support drinking water and water quality activities. The award period is from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026.