Federal Grant Award Summary

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded $1,815,273 to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) through the Performance Partnership Grants (PPG) program (CFDA 66.605) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This multi-media PPG consolidates five continuing environmental programs into a single award, enabling MDEQ to streamline administrative requirements while maintaining flexibility to address the state's highest environmental priorities. The bundled programs encompass air quality management, underground water source protection, water pollution control, hazardous waste management, and brownfields remediation under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.

Under this assistance agreement, MDEQ will deliver environmental monitoring, inspections, permitting, enforcement, and compliance activities; assessments of public water supplies and water quality data; ambient air monitoring; and contamination mitigation of affected areas. The state will implement environmental standards, plans, and strategies to preserve environmental quality; develop and implement emerging contaminants initiatives; and provide technical assistance to government and private sector entities. Activities will generate measurable outcomes supporting improvements in air quality, water safety, land revitalization, and contamination prevention, with deliverables executed according to approved work plans developed in partnership with EPA Region 4.