This agreement will provide financial assistance to the recipient for the implementation of its program to ensure that underground sources of drinking water are protected from endangering injection…

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 permitting activities, and implement enforcement programs. The goal is to protect underground sources of drinking water from potential contamination by underground injection activities, particularly related to oil and gas operations. This annual grant award, effective from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, is part of the EPA's broader effort to provide financial assistance to state and tribal agencies for developing and implementing comprehensive UIC programs under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

This agreement will provide financial assistance to the recipient for the implementation of its program to ensure that underground sources of drinking water are protected from endangering injection activities, in which treated waste water is injected into the ground between impermeable layers of rock formation. Activities:the activities to be performed include the development and maintenance of inventories of injection systems; the development and maintenance of databases housing compliance information on underground injection well activities; the implementation of permitting activities; and the implementation of enforcement programs.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated outcome is that underground sources of drinking water are protected from underground injection activities. The expected deliverables include regulation and enforcement of the underground injection control program for the state of alaska. The intended beneficiaries are the residents of state of alaska.