Project Grant 00408920

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $180,235 Project Grant to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation under the Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support federal grant program (CFDA 66.801). The grant will support the development and implementation of Tennessee's authorized hazardous waste management program through September 30, 2022. Key deliverables include controlling the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded $914,730 to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation under the Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support program (CFDA 66.801) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This formula grant funds the development and implementation of Tennessee's authorized hazardous waste management program in accordance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Memorandum...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded $5.0 million to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation under the Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support program (CFDA 66.801) on October 1, 2025, for disaster recovery activities related to Hurricane Helene. The award funds the state's administration of subawards to Hurricane Helene-impacted counties for the purchase of hazardous and solid waste management equipment and the...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation $85,638 under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802) to conduct site characterization activities at potential or confirmed hazardous waste sites from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. Specifically, the funding will support preliminary assessments and site inspections to improve the state's ability to...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded $133,659 to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802) for the period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This cooperative agreement funds site characterization activities at potential or confirmed hazardous waste sites in Tennessee, including preliminary assessments and site...

This $552,730 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 on June 1, 2023 funds the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) to provide monitoring, reporting, and oversight for the EPA's remedial action activities at the Velsicol Hardeman County Landfill Hazardous Waste Site, which is listed on the National Priorities List (NPL). Through this award under the EPA's Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality a $1,237,510 Project Grant under the Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support program (CFDA 66.801). The grant will support Arkansas's development and implementation of an authorized hazardous waste management program from October 2021 through September 2022. Key activities to be carried out under the grant include permitting, corrective action, inspections, enforcement, computerized...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation a $51,998 project grant under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802). The grant will fund activities to provide technical assistance and management assistance to EPA related to Superfund sites in Tennessee where EPA is the lead remedial agency. Specifically, the Tennessee DEC will review remedial...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) provides $298,989 to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation - Division of Mineral and Geologic Resources (TDEC-DMGR) to enhance its electronic permitting and data management capabilities. The key activities funded under this award include: 1) Creating new electronic forms within TDEC-DMGR's existing digital forms system for...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation a $49,778 project grant under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.809). The grant will support Tennessee's response program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Specifically, funds will be used for program management, cooperative agreement administration, fiscal and...