This action approves an award in the amount of $317,415,000 to florida department of enviromental protection

This $317,415,000 Formula Grant was awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program (CFDA 66.458). The grant will provide funding to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to capitalize the state's CWSRF, which will enable financing for wastewater treatment facility repairs and resiliency enhancements to address damage from Hurricanes Fiona and Ian. Eligible projects include construction, rehabilitation, and resiliency improvements to reduce flood and fire risk and vulnerability at wastewater treatment works across the state. The grant will deliver statewide water quality and public health benefits by helping to rebuild more resilient wastewater infrastructure.

The grant provides subawards to cities, counties, and other local governments in Florida to execute specific wastewater treatment facility projects. Examples of subrecipients and their work include the City of Arcadia reconstructing its William Tyson Wastewater Treatment Plant, the City of Fort Myers delivering an advanced wastewater treatment facility to eliminate surface water discharges, and the City of Port Orange upgrading its primary electrical service and installing generators.

This agreement is for a capitalization grant that will help wastewater treatment facilities affected by hurricanes fiona and IAN by providing funding for the clean water state revolving fund (cwsrf) program of the florida department of environmental protection.activities:the activities are to provide financing to numerous subrecipients for costs eligible under section 603(c) of the clean water act. Projects must help to reduce a wastewater treatment work's flood or fire damage risk and vulnerability and or to enhance resiliency to rapid hydrologic change or natural disasters.subrecipient:subawards are funds to be used to provide financial assistance to eligible municipalities for the construction, repair, and resiliency of wastewater treatment facilities to various communities impacted by hurricane IAN. Outcomes:the benefits of this grant will be to capitalize the recipient's cwsrf. The funds will assist in rebuilding more resilient wastewater treatment works following the damage from 2022 hurricanes fiona and IAN. These water quality and public health benefits will be statewide.