Project Grant 00651323

This $611,778 Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 Project Grant will fund the New Mexico Environment Department's Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Program from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The grant will support the State of New Mexico's efforts to develop, implement, and maintain an effective program to address releases from underground petroleum storage tanks. Key deliverables include investigating and remediating leaking underground storage tank sites where responsible parties cannot be identified or are unwilling or unable to respond; overseeing cleanups to increase the pace at which sites are initiated and completed; and administering the state's Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund response program. No subawards are included. The funding assists the state in making progress towards cleaning up petroleum leaks and reducing the backlog of uncontrolled sites, in accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency's guidelines under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA #66.805).