The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,021,816 Project Grant to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA No. 66.805). This 1-year award provides funding for LDEQ to investigate suspected petroleum releases from underground storage tanks, oversee and enforce corrective actions by responsible parties, and perform direct cleanup activities when owners/operators are...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805), supports the State of Louisiana's efforts to address petroleum releases from underground storage tanks. The $1,021,816 grant funds a range of activities, including investigating suspected petroleum releases, overseeing and enforcing corrective actions by tank owners and operators, and performing direct...
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,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality $695,639 under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804) to support the state's Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Prevention Program from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The funding will allow the state to conduct inspections of underground storage tank facilities, implement an enforcement program for state UST...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804), provides $677,640.00 in funding to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) for their Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Prevention Program. The funding supports LDEQ's efforts to encourage proper operation and maintenance of USTs, ensure owners/operators monitor USTs per regulations, 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 Region 6 awarded the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality a $703,216 Project Grant under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA #66.804). The grant will fund Louisiana's underground storage tank program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. Key objectives of the state program include encouraging proper operation and maintenance of underground storage tanks, ensuring tank monitoring compliance,...
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...
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...
The New Mexico Environment Department was awarded a $611,778 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805). The grant funding supports the state's LUST program, which includes investigations, emergency response, remediation, risk assessment, and alternative water supply activities for suspected petroleum releases from underground storage tanks. Key objectives are to...