This cooperative agreement provides assistance to the commonwealth of virginia department of environmental quality's lust program

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality $1,565,367 on October 1, 2025, under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805) to support the Commonwealth's LUST corrective action program addressing releases from underground storage tanks.

The award funds investigation of suspected petroleum releases, oversight and enforcement of corrective action by owners or operators, and direct remediation activities when responsible parties are unknown, unwilling, or unable to perform the work. Major activities include initiating and completing cleanups and reducing the backlog of UST releases not yet remediated. The anticipated deliverable is cleanup data 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.

Performance occurs in Richmond, Virginia, through September 30, 2028. The source indicates this action partially funds the overall grant in the amount of $60,600, with additional federal funds of $3,461,478 contingent upon availability. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

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 $3,461,478 are contingent upon availability of additional funds.activities:major activities include investigating suspected petroleum releases, overseeing and enforcing corrective action by owners or operators, and performing direct corrective action activities when those owners or operators are unknown, unwilling, or unable to perform those activities themselves in making progress in cleaning up petroleum leaks by 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 commonwealth's 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 beneficiary is the commonwealth's corrective action program recipients.