This action approves funding in the amount of $2,487,938 to the alabama department of environmental management for a multi-media performance partnership grant (PPG) to support the state of alabama's…

EPA Region 4 awarded $2.487 million to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management on October 1, 2025, under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program to support a multi-media performance partnership grant covering continuing environmental programs across air, water, hazardous waste, underground injection control, nonpoint source management, brownfields response, and toxic substances monitoring.

The award funds activities outlined in approved work plans, including but not limited to monitoring, inspections, permitting, and enforcement and compliance; assessments of public water supplies and water quality data; ambient air monitoring; control and mitigation of contaminated areas; implementation of standards, plans, strategies, and actions to preserve environmental quality; development and implementation of activities related to emerging contaminants; and technical assistance to government and the private sector to reduce pollution. The grant provides Alabama with greater flexibility to address its highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, achieve administrative savings, and strengthen partnership with EPA.

The award carries a total obligation of $17.274 million across its five-year period of performance, running through September 30, 2030. Work is performed in Alabama. The grant encompasses sub-award activities including administration of the underground injection control program, with sub-recipient details outlined in approved work plans.

This action approves funding in the amount of $2,487,938 to the alabama department of environmental management for a multi-media performance partnership grant (PPG) to support the state of alabama's operation of continuing environmental programs (CEP) while giving IT greater flexibility to address its highest environmental priorities, improve environmental performance, achieve administrative savings, and strengthen partnership with US EPA. Ceps in the multi-media PPG are air, section 105, water, section 106, public water system supervision, underground injection control, nonpoint source management, beaches environmental assessment and coastal health, environmental information network exchange, brownfields state and tribal response program, toxic substances compliance monitoring, and hazardous waste continuing environmental programs that encompass a variety of grant activities to be performed as outlined in approved work plans.activities:the multi-media performance partnership grant agreement includes air, section 105, water, section 106, public water system supervision, underground injection control, exchange network and hazardous waste continuing environmental programs that encompass a variety of grant activities to be performed as outlined in approved work plans. In summary, activities include but are not limited to monitoring, inspections, permitting, and enforcement and compliance; assessments of public water supplies and water quality data; ambient air monitoring; control mitigation of contaminated areas; implementation standards, plans, strategies, and actions to preserve environmental quality; develop and implement activities related to emerging contaminants; and provide technical assistance to government and the private sector to reduce pollution, all in accordance with the multi-media performance partnership grant work plans and statutory requirements. Subrecipient:subaward activities include: administration of the underground injection control program for class II wells; beach monitoring projects (agreements with the state public health dept. To monitor and test coastal area waters; SUP monitoring projects (USGS, DOI for the operation and maintenance of stream-gaging networks across the state of alabama. Statues 43 USC 50, 43 USC 50B, and 43 USC 36C); and specific deliverables in section 319 work plan.outcomes:anticipated deliverables for the continuing environmental programs in the multi-media performance partnership grant agreement include but are not limited to end-of-year (EOY) report(s) summarizing metric achievements and challenges, where applicable to include mechanisms for monitoring improved water quality. Mechanisms taken to identify, prevent, and abate sources of contamination/ pollution. Corrective action compliance evaluations, groundwater monitoring evaluations, and /or operation and maintenance inspections at non-operating treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. Completed sanitary surveys for the current year in sdwis (safe drinking water information system). Milestone report on progress toward adoption of water quality standards for total nitrogen and total phosphorus foreach water body type. Permitting and corrective action compliance achievements. Quarterly reports or updates on activities and accomplishments regarding PM2.5, ozone, lead, and other national ambient air quality standards as well as ambient air monitoring. Expected outcomes include protection and restoration of waterbodies and watersheds, improved compliance with federal environmental laws and regulations, accountability for environmental violators and responsible parties for contamination, improved air quality and air quality standards, water quality standards protective of the public health and ecosystems, safe drinking water and reliable water infrastructure, clean up and restoration of land for productive uses, and waste reduction and prevention of environmental contamination. These efforts will reduce risk, impr