This agreement provides funding to the virginia department of environmental quality's underground storage tank (UST) program

Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality $1,249,926 on October 1, 2025, under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804) to fund the state's underground storage tank program, including leak detection, prevention, and enforcement activities.

The recipient will conduct facility compliance inspections, follow-up enforcement activities, operator training, secondary containment support, delivery prohibition activities, and public reporting on underground storage tanks throughout Virginia. The program aims to encourage proper operation and maintenance of USTs, ensure monitoring in accordance with regulations, and develop the state program to operate in lieu of the federal program. Activities include implementing revised federal UST regulations and adopting new state regulations to secure state program approval. The anticipated deliverables are improved and implemented facility compliance inspections and a follow-up enforcement program designed to reduce risks, control environmental hazards, and ensure rapid response to accidental releases and environmental emergencies associated with petroleum and hazardous substances.

The award provides partial funding of $120,000, with an additional $1,754,889 in federal funds contingent upon availability. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2028, with place of performance in Richmond, Virginia. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement. The primary beneficiaries are the state UST program and Virginia's residents, with the expected outcome measured by the number of tank inspections completed statewide.

Specifically, the recipient will provide funding for the state's underground storage tank (UST) program, which includes leak detection, prevention, and related enforcement activities. The main objectives of the lust prevention program include: encouraging owners and operators to properly operate and maintain their usts, ensuring owners and operators monitor usts in accordance with regulations, and developing the state program to operate in lieu of the federal program. These objectives protect the environment by preventing petroleum and hazardous substance releases. This action partially funds the grant in the amount of $120,000. Federal funds in the amount of $1,754,889 are contingent upon availability of additional funds. Activities:lust prevention programs include inspections and other enforcement related activities, operator training, secondary containment support activities, delivery prohibition activities, and public reporting requirements. The activities include working toward implementation of the provisions of revised federal UST regulations including taking appropriate steps to adopt new regulations, apply for state program approval. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include the improvement and the implementation of traditional facility compliance inspections and a follow-up enforcement program. These tasks have proven successful in reducing and controlling risks and ensuring rapid response to accidental release and other environmental emergencies associated with hazardous substances and petroleum products. The expected outcome of this cooperative agreement is the number of inspections completed of the tanks in the state of virginia. The primary beneficiaries are the state UST program and virginia's residents.