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

Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection $676,139 on October 1, 2025, under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804) to support the state's leak detection, prevention, and related enforcement activities for underground storage tanks.

The recipient delivers facility compliance inspections and enforcement activities, operator training, secondary containment support, delivery prohibition activities, and public reporting on UST operations and monitoring. Work includes implementing revised federal UST regulations, adopting new state regulations aligned with federal requirements, and applying for state program approval to operate the UST program in lieu of the federal program. The anticipated outcome is completion of a defined number of inspections of tanks across West Virginia.

This award obligates $676,139 and includes contingent federal funds of $900,833 subject to availability of additional funds. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2028, with work performed in Charleston, West Virginia. The primary beneficiaries are the state UST program and West Virginia residents. No sub-recipients are included in this assistance agreement.

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 $113,375. Federal funds in the amount of $900,833 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 west virginia. The primary beneficiaries are the state UST program and west virginia's residents.