This agreement provides assistance to the state of wyoming lust program

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality received a formula grant of $608,361 from EPA Region 8 under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805) for the two-year period from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This award supports the state's LUST (Leaking Underground Storage Tank) corrective action program, which investigates suspected petroleum releases from underground storage tanks, oversees and enforces remediation activities by responsible parties, and directly performs cleanup work when tank owners or operators are unable or unwilling to do so. The program operates without sub-awardees.

The primary deliverables under this award include advancing petroleum releases to new cleanup milestones to progress sites toward closure, implementing database improvements to enhance efficiency in capturing and retrieving site information in the EPA's LUST4 system, deploying tools to support business process improvements that reduce redundancy and optimize resource management, and maximizing the number of sites addressed through all available funding sources. The anticipated outcome is a measurable reduction in the backlog of underground storage tank releases awaiting cleanup completion, with state cleanup data systematically entered into the LUST4 database to inform ongoing corrective action efforts.

Specifically, this agreement provides funding for its lust corrective action program, which includes assessment, remediation, and enforcement related activities. The main objectives of the lust corrective program are to investigate suspected petroleum releases and to perform corrective action on these releases. Activities:major activities include investigating suspected petroleum releases, overseeing and enforcing corrective action by owners or operators, and performing direct corrective action activities when those owners or operators are unknown, unwilling, or unable to perform those activities themselves.1. Drive petroleum releases to a new milestone of petroleum cleanup to continue moving sites towards closure. 2. Implement database improvements to build efficiency in capture and retrieval of ptcs information. 3. Implement tools to support specific business process changes to improve efficiency, reduce redundancy, and better manage resources. 4. Utilize all available funding sources to maximize the number of sites addressed.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverable is the state cleanup data that is entered into the LUST4 system. The primary outcome is a reduction in the backlog of UST releases for which cleanups have not yet been completed. The primary beneficiary is the state corrective action program.