This agreement provides funding to the DC department of energy and environment's underground storage tank (UST) program

EPA Region 3 awarded the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment $511,956 on October 1, 2025, under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804).

The award funds the District's underground storage tank leak detection, prevention, and enforcement program. Deliverables include facility compliance inspections, enforcement activities, operator training, secondary containment support, delivery prohibition activities, and public reporting. The recipient will implement revised federal UST regulations, adopt new state regulations, and apply for state program approval to operate the program in lieu of the federal program. Expected outcomes focus on the number of inspections completed of tanks in the District of Columbia.

This award obligates $511,956 from a total grant amount of $113,375 (partially funding this action) plus $654,559 in contingent federal funds subject to availability of additional funds. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028, with place of performance in Washington, DC. No sub-awards 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 $654,559 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 district of columbia. The primary beneficiaries are the state UST program and DC's residents.