This action approves an award in the amount of $3,089,000 to the tennessee department of environment and conservation

Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $3.089 million to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation on October 1, 2025, under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA 66.458) to capitalize the state's revolving loan fund for low-interest financing of water quality improvement projects with a primary focus on emerging contaminants.

The recipient will provide financing to sub-recipients for costs eligible under Section 603(c) of the Clean Water Act, with emphasis on addressing emerging contaminants including substances from personal care products, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, pesticides, and microplastics. The recipient may allocate a portion of funding for set-asides including technical assistance to small systems, operator certification activities, and source water protection activities. Anticipated deliverables include financing for planning, designing, and constructing water quality improvement and protection projects. The expected outcomes are improved and protected water quality throughout Tennessee, with benefits accruing to citizens statewide.

The assistance type is a formula grant. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2032. Place of performance is Tennessee.

This agreement funds a capitalization grant for the recipient's clean water state revolving fund program with a primary purpose to address emerging contaminants. Emerging contaminants refer to substances and microorganisms, including manufactured or naturally occurring physical, chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials, which are known or anticipated in the environment, that may pose newly identified or RE-emerging risks to human health, aquatic life, or the environment. These substances, microorganisms or materials can include many different types of natural or manufactured chemicals and substances such as those in some compounds of personal care products, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, pesticides, and microplastics. Activities:the grantee will provide low interest financing to numerous subrecipients for costs eligible under section 603(C) of the clean water act, with the primary purpose of addressing emerging contaminants. Subrecipient:the recipient may also use some of the funding for specific set-asides, including but not limited to providing technical assistance to small systems, for operator certification activities, and source water protection activities.outcomes:anticipated deliverables include financing planning, designing, and constructing eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. The expected outcomes are to improve and protect water quality with an emphasis on emerging contaminants. The intended beneficiaries are citizens throughout tennessee.