This cooperative agreement will fund the development and implementation of an authorized hazardous waste management program in the delaware department of natural resources and environmental control…

Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) $1.483 million on October 1, 2025, under the Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support program (CFDA 66.801). An additional $2.176 million in federal funds are contingent upon availability. The award funds development and implementation of DNREC's authorized hazardous waste management program, which controls the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment from inactive hazardous waste facilities.

DNREC will perform permitting, corrective action, inspections, enforcement, computerized tracking, data quality assurance, and pollution prevention outreach activities. The program delivers oversight and remediation of hazardous waste facilities, including RCRA corrective action, enforcement, quality assurance review, and minimization of hazardous waste production. Delaware residents are the direct beneficiaries.

The award covers the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028, with place of performance in Leipsic, Delaware. This is a formula grant with no sub-awards; DNREC performs all work directly.

This cooperative agreement will fund the development and implementation of an authorized hazardous waste management program in the delaware department of natural resources and environmental control (DNREC), which will control the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. The goal of this program is to protect human health and the environment from inactive hazardous waste facilities. This action partially funds the grant in the amount of $102,301. Federal funds in the amount of $2,176,700 are contingent upon availability. Activities:the activities to be performed include permitting, corrective action, inspections, enforcement, computerized tracking, ensuring data quality, and pollution prevention outreach. This will help to preserve and restore the land by reducing waste generation by managing hazardous wastes properly. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include the implementation of a program to oversee the operations and remediation of hazardous waste facilities. This includes permitting; rcra corrective action; enforcement; quality assurance review; and the minimization of hazardous waste production in the delaware department of natural resources and environmental control (DNREC). The expected outcomes include programmatic oversight, and review of all agreement activities and products. The direct beneficiaries of this program include delaware residents.