Cooperative Agreement W912DY2020249

The Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC) will restore one acre of wetland habitat on the campus of Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan under a $810,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5. The wetland restoration activities are funded through October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025 under the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) program (CFDA #66.469). Specifically, ARC will address three Beneficial Use Impairments in the Rouge...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management awarded a $270,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Remediation and Waste Processing and Disposal Program (CFDA 81.104) to the Kentucky Energy & Environment Cabinet. The grant, with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, will support the Cabinet's efforts to develop advanced technologies and capabilities for managing complex nuclear environmental challenges. Key focus areas include groundwater...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 awarded a $500,000 Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreement to The Hope Program, Inc., a non-profit organization, to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of the Bronx, New York in environmental careers. The program provides participants with skills and certifications needed to safely conduct remediation work at solid and hazardous waste-contaminated sites, as well as training in green remediation...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to The Fortune Society, Inc. (doing business as The Fortune Academy) under the EPA's Brownfields Job Training program (CFDA 66.815). This 5-year project will provide training to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of New York City in environmental careers with skills needed to conduct remediation work at solid and hazardous waste-contaminated sites. The training program will...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $90,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to Envirolution, a woman-owned non-profit organization, to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques in Reno, NV. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage environmentally beneficial behaviors. Key activities include providing 50 Nevada teachers with curriculum, training, and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded a $1,225,150 Cooperative Agreement on October 1, 2023 to the Nantucket Islands Land Bank under the Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129). The funding will support Phase 1 of a wetland restoration and stormwater system project at Lily Pond Park in the Nantucket Harbor watershed. Key activities include improving the North Liberty Street Park entrance with upgrades to the...

This $124,280 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) will support the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Inc. (ENIPC) in enhancing its brownfields response program. The primary objectives are to: (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective state or tribal response program, (2) maintain and update a public record of sites where response actions...

This $782,924 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) will fund two high-priority wetland restoration projects in the Western Lake Erie Basin in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will partner with the Heritage Trails Park District, Western Reserve Land Conservancy, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to implement the E.J. Mackenbach Preserve Protection and...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), will fund the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Office of Coastal Management (ODNR OCM) to monitor wetland sites within the Lake Erie watershed and Maumee River basin. The $699,000 award will support activities such as soil sampling in multiple wetland restoration projects to measure parameters that predict phosphate...

This $584,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides funding to the Lummi Indian Business Council (Lummi Tribe) to operate and enhance the Lummi Nation's environmental programs. The key activities to be performed include planning, developing, and establishing core environmental program capacities related to administrative, financial, and information management systems, as well as...