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...
This $123,775 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802) funds the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality's (ADEQ) 5-year remedial action program at hazardous waste sites in Arkansas listed on the National Priorities List (NPL). The key activities include evaluating the implementation, sustainment, and effectiveness of...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the agency's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920), provides $531,690.00 in funding to the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to enhance the state's efforts to meet the SWIFR grant program's objectives. The funding will support ADEQ's activities to organize stakeholder and focus groups, create guidelines for tracking and reporting recycling data, and...
This $153,333 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support (CFDA 66.801) is to assist the State of Alaska in developing an authorized hazardous waste management program. The key activities include drafting regulatory documents, conducting compliance inspections and enforcement actions, and participating in EPA-led trainings. This will help Alaska establish a comprehensive program to control the generation,...
This $219,105 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454) supports the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality's (ADEQ) efforts to improve impaired waters and protect unimpaired waters across the state. Key activities include: Generating water quality data to inform decision-making on issues like Total Maximum Daily Loads, water quality standards, and integrated reporting. Evaluating surface waters...
The Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Administration and Resource Management under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608). The grant will support ADEQ's efforts to enhance its information technology and data management capabilities by incorporating numerous permit and auxiliary databases into its Environmental Management...
This $168,775 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies in the state. The key activities to be performed under this 3-year grant, which runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30,...
This $317,848 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support (CFDA 66.801) program, supports the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) in developing and implementing an authorized hazardous waste management program. The key activities funded include permitting, corrective actions, closure, compliance, and enforcement programs related to the regulation of hazardous waste generation,...
This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) will enable the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to enhance its IT and data management capabilities to facilitate the electronic collection, reporting, exchange, sharing, and integration of environmental data. The key activities under this grant include: 1) Developing a systematized workflow for permitting under the...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Consolidated Pesticide Enforcement Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.700) provides $692,644 to the Arkansas State Plant Board to support its pesticide regulatory and enforcement programs. The agreement funds activities such as training and certifying pesticide applicators, conducting worker protection initiatives, protecting water quality, safeguarding endangered species, enforcing pesticide regulations,...