The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the California Department of Conservation a $737,333 Formula Grant under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433) for fiscal year 2023. The grant will support the recipient's program to protect underground sources of drinking water from endangering injection activities through September 30, 2023. Key deliverables include developing and maintaining inventories of injection systems, databases with compliance...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the California Department of Conservation a $673,333 Formula Grant under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA #66.433). The grant supports California's implementation of its Underground Injection Control program to ensure underground sources of drinking water are protected from injection activities involving treated wastewater. Key deliverables include developing and maintaining inventories and compliance databases for...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $606,000 Formula Grant to the California Department of Conservation under the State Underground Water Source Protection Program (CFDA 66.433). The purpose of this grant is to support the California Department of Conservation in carrying out its mandated regulatory and oversight activities related to Class II Underground Injection Control (UIC) wells associated with oil and gas operations in the state. The key activities to be...
This $1,723,192 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433) will support the Alaska Department of Administration's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in implementing its underground injection control (UIC) program. The funding will enable the commission to develop and maintain inventories of injection systems, create compliance databases for underground injection wells, conduct...
This $1,879,933 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433) will support the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' efforts to protect underground sources of drinking water from contamination associated with underground injection activities. The key activities to be performed under this one-year grant, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, include: developing and...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality a $144,857 Formula Grant under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433). The grant funds the development and maintenance of inventories and databases related to underground injection systems and activities to ensure protection of underground sources of drinking water from endangering injection practices. Specifically, the Division will implement programs for...
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources received a $213,333 Formula Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 to ensure protection of underground sources of drinking water from injection activities through December 31, 2022. Under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA #66.433), the department will conduct technical and administrative evaluations of new well permit applicants, perform periodic inspections of Class II and V injection wells, ensure...
This $247,974,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.468) program provides full federal funding to the California State Water Resources Control Board. The purpose of the grant is to capitalize the state's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, which will be used to offer low-interest financing to eligible public water systems for planning, designing, and constructing drinking water infrastructure...
This $75,394 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on October 1, 2024 under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433) will support the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) in administering its Underground Injection Control (UIC) program. The grant funds will enable ADEQ to develop and maintain inventories of injection systems, databases of compliance information, implement permitting activities, and enforce programs to...
This $169,217 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433) will provide financial assistance to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) to implement its Underground Injection Control (UIC) program. The key activities to be performed include developing and maintaining inventories of injection systems, creating compliance databases for underground injection well activities,...