This cooperative agreement provides assistance to the maryland department of the environment's (MDE) lust program

Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the Maryland Department of the Environment $1.091 million on October 1, 2025, under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805) to support the LUST corrective action program through September 30, 2028.

The award funds investigation of suspected petroleum releases from underground storage tanks, oversight and enforcement of corrective action by owners or operators, and direct corrective action activities. Where owners or operators are unknown, unwilling, or unable to perform cleanup, MDE performs cleanup work directly, initiates and completes remediation, and reduces the backlog of sites not yet cleaned up. The anticipated deliverable is state cleanup data entered into the LUST4 system, with the primary outcome being reduction in the backlog of UST releases awaiting completion.

The award obligates $1.091 million in federal cash. An additional $2.394 million in federal funds is contingent upon availability, which includes $202,446 in EPA in-kind contribution for a Science and Environmental Education employee at MDE. This action partially funds the grant; the source reflects a $60,600 obligation component of the overall award. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement. Place of performance is Baltimore, Maryland.

Specifically, this agreement provides funding for its lust corrective action program, which includes assessment, remediation, and enforcement related activities. The main objectives of the lust corrective action program are to investigate suspected petroleum releases and to perform corrective action on these releases. This action partially funds the grant in the amount of $60,600. Federal funds in the amount of $2,394,439 are contingent upon availability, which include EPA in-kind in the amount of $202,446 for the see employee working at MDE. Activities:major activities include investigating suspected petroleum releases; overseeing and enforcing corrective action by owners or operators; and performing direct corrective action activities. Owners or operators that are unknown, unwilling, or unable to perform those activities themselves can make progress by cleaning up petroleum leaks; initiating and completing cleanups; and reducing the backlog of sites not yet cleaned up. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverable is the state cleanup data that is entered into the LUST4 system. The primary outcome is a reduction in the backlog of UST releases for which cleanups have not yet been completed. The primary beneficiaries are the state corrective action program recipients of maryland.