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

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection $1,465,668 on October 1, 2025, under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804) to fund the state's UST leak detection, prevention, and enforcement activities.

The recipient will conduct facility compliance inspections, follow-up enforcement activities, operator training, secondary containment support, and delivery prohibition activities. The program works toward implementation of revised federal UST regulations, including adoption of new state regulations and application for state program approval. Anticipated deliverables include improved and implemented traditional facility compliance inspections and a follow-up enforcement program designed to reduce and control risks and ensure rapid response to accidental releases and environmental emergencies involving hazardous substances and petroleum products. Expected outcomes are measured by the number of inspections completed on underground storage tanks across Pennsylvania.

The award obligates $1,465,668 with an additional $2,078,074 in federal funds contingent upon availability. Period of performance runs October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. Work is performed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The award carries no subawards. The primary beneficiaries are the state UST program and Pennsylvania's residents.

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 $120,428. Federal funds in the amount of $2,078,074 are contingent upon availability. 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 pennsylvania. The primary beneficiaries are the state UST program and pennsylvania's residents.