The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $850,000 Project Grant to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817). The purpose of this grant is to enhance Maine DEP's brownfields response program and support the state's efforts to (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective state...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $790,000 CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grant (CFDA 66.817) to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) to enhance the state's brownfields response program. The grant will enable Maine DEP to perform the following key activities: Conduct a timely survey and inventory of brownfield sites across Maine, establish oversight and enforcement authorities to ensure response actions protect human...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MEDEP) a $878,000 Project Grant under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. The grant period is from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Funding will support MEDEP's efforts to enhance its Brownfields response program and meet the requirements of CERCLA Section 128(a), including performing timely site inventories and assessments, providing oversight of response...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Maine Department of Environmental Protection a $183,933 project grant under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.809). The grant will support the Department's response program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. Specifically, the funding will enable the Department to conduct activities such as program...
This EPA Region 1 Performance Partnership Grant (CFDA 66.605) award provides $18,769,168 in funding to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) to support the state's continuing environmental programs for air, water, waste, and toxics. The funding period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028. The key activities to be performed under this cooperative agreement include: Monitoring and assessing ambient air quality and water quality conditions across Maine...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $183,933 Project Grant to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809). This funding supports non-site-specific activities that facilitate the state's implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Key activities include program management and supervision, inter-agency...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Maine Department of Environmental Protection a $255,000 Project Grant under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) to monitor designated recreational beaches in Maine for bacteriological water quality from January 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. ME DEP will collect water samples, test them for bacteria, and notify the public when waters exceed applicable standards or are safe for swimming....
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $254,000 project grant under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP). The purpose of this grant is to fund the collection of water samples from designated recreational beaches in Maine and test them for bacteriological water quality. Maine DEP will monitor these beaches, notify the public when the water exceeds applicable quality...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Maine Department of Environmental Protection a $348,093 Project Grant under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.809). The grant will support the recipient's response program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Key activities include program management, inter-agency coordination on all CERCLA response phases, and maintaining...
The Department of Environmental Protection Maine received a $272,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472). The purpose of this grant is to fund the Department's efforts to collect water samples from designated recreational beaches in Maine, test them for bacteriological water quality, and notify the public when the waters exceed applicable water quality standards or are safe...