The Rhode Island Department of Health received a $106,667 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.701). The grant will support the Rhode Island DOH's asbestos program in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks to health or the environment associated with asbestos in schools and other buildings. Specifically,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $105,336 Project Grant to the Rhode Island Department of Health under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.701). The grant will fund asbestos inspection activities and regulatory compliance monitoring programs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Specifically, the Rhode Island Department of Health will conduct 40 asbestos inspections at schools and provide technical...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $156,395 Project Grant under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701) to the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards (DLS). The grant will support DLS's Asbestos Program in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate risks to health or the environment associated with asbestos in the state. Key activities include conducting 36 asbestos inspections at...
This $135,135 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701) provides support to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) to develop and maintain its Asbestos Program. The grant will fund NHDES to conduct approximately 60 asbestos inspections and compliance monitoring activities at charter schools, public schools, private non-profit schools, and...
This Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 provides $106,667 to the Oklahoma Department of Labor to conduct asbestos inspections at K-12 schools in Oklahoma from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The funding supports the recipient in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.701). Specifically, the award will allow the recipient to inspect...
This $200,000 Environmental Protection Agency Project Grant, awarded under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306), will fund environmental education and community health initiatives in Kekaha, Hawaii from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2024. The grantee, Kaunalewa, will educate the isolated island community on minimizing exposure to legacy pesticides and asbestos through workshops on gardening, agriculture, and contaminant sampling. Two...
This $105,334 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701) supports the Rhode Island Department of Health's (RIDOH) asbestos program. The award provides funding for RIDOH to conduct 40 asbestos inspections and compliance monitoring activities at charter schools, public schools, private non-profit schools, and religious schools in Rhode Island. RIDOH will also provide...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $107,614, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701). The grant supports the Connecticut Department of Public Health in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate risks to health and the environment associated with asbestos. Key activities under this award include conducting 20 asbestos inspections at...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded a $112,000 Project Grant to the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701). This grant supports RIDOH in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks to health or the environment associated with asbestos. The key activities under this grant include: Conducting 40 asbestos inspections at...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Texas Department of State Health Services a $106,667 Project Grant under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.701). The grant funds will support the recipient in conducting asbestos inspections at charter, public, private non-profit, and religious schools to ensure compliance with asbestos regulations. Inspections may also be performed to meet requirements under the Model...