This agreement provides assistance to the state of nebraska lust program

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 awarded the Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment $752,099 on October 1, 2025, under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805).

The award funds investigation of suspected petroleum releases from underground storage tanks, oversight and enforcement of corrective action by tank owners or operators, and direct corrective action when owners or operators are unknown, unwilling, or unable to perform remediation themselves. Grant-funded activities include contracting for investigation, cleanup, and closure of leaking underground storage tank sites. The anticipated deliverable is state cleanup data entered into the LUST4 system, with the primary outcome being reduction in the backlog of underground storage tank releases awaiting completion. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Work is performed in Nebraska. This is a formula grant awarded non-competitively under an allocation system based on the number of confirmed releases and the percentage of population relying on groundwater for drinking water.

Specifically, this agreement provides funding for the nebraska department of water, energy, and environments lust corrective action program, which includes assessment, remediation, and enforcement related activities. The main objectives of the lust corrective program are to investigate suspected petroleum releases and perform corrective action on these releases.activities:major activities include investigating suspected petroleum releases, overseeing and enforcing corrective action by owners or operators, and performing direct corrective action activities when those owners or operators are unknown, unwilling, or unable to perform those activities themselves. Grant funded activities will include contracting for the investigation, cleanup and/or closure of leaking underground storage tank sties.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables is the state cleanup data that is entered into the LUST4 system. The primary outcome is a reduction in the backlog of the UST releases for which cleanups have not yet been completed. The primary beneficiary is the state of nebraska.