This $602,409 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 supports the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality's (ADEQ) Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Corrective Action Program. The funding will be used to investigate suspected petroleum releases, oversee and enforce corrective actions by tank owners and operators, and perform direct cleanup activities where responsible parties are unknown, unwilling, or unable to remediate. The primary objectives...
This federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805) provides $602,409 to the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to support the state's LUST corrective action program. The key activities funded include investigating suspected petroleum releases, overseeing and enforcing corrective action by owners/operators, and conducting direct corrective action when...
This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804), funds the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to implement the state's Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) prevention program. The $637,868 grant supports ADEQ's efforts to encourage proper UST operation and maintenance, ensure regulatory monitoring, and develop the state's UST program to...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded a $585,468 Project Grant to the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804). The grant provides funding from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 to support Arkansas' underground storage tank program. Specifically, the award will help encourage owners and operators to properly operate and maintain underground storage tanks, ensure owners...
This $910,206 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 supports the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's (LDEQ) Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund Corrective Action Program. The LUST program provides funding to develop, implement, and maintain Louisiana's underground storage tank regulatory program and advance ongoing petroleum release cleanups from October 2021 through September 2022. As the designated state agency, LDEQ will utilize the...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded a $2,748,747 Project Grant to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805). The grant provides funding for the state's Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Corrective Action Program from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023. The LUST Corrective Action Program investigates suspected petroleum releases and oversees corrective action by owners and...
This two-year, $1.3 million project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection supports the state's Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund Corrective Action Program. Funds will be used to identify sites contaminated by petroleum and hazardous substance releases from underground storage tanks, oversee remediation of contaminated soils and groundwater, and reduce the backlog of sites requiring cleanup. The...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $516,432 Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund Corrective Action Program grant to the Environmental Conservation Alaska Department, a division of the State of Alaska's Office of the Governor. The grant, awarded on July 1, 2023, supports the state's efforts to clean up petroleum leaks, initiate and complete cleanups, and reduce the backlog of LUST sites not yet cleaned up. Key activities include administering the LUST program,...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805) provides $610,000.00 in funding to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to support its LUST corrective action program. The key activities include investigating suspected petroleum releases, overseeing and enforcing corrective actions by tank owners and operators, and performing direct cleanup activities when...
This $776,204 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804) supports the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) in implementing its Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) prevention program. The key program activities include conducting inspections of UST facilities, monitoring compliance, enforcing regulations, maintaining public records,...