The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $372,181 Project Grant to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) to support its Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program. This funding, provided through the EPA Region 1 office and authorized under CFDA 66.804, will enable RIDEM to carry out key activities focused on leak detection, leak prevention, and enforcement under the state's UST program. Specifically, RIDEM will use the...
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...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA 66.804) provides $368,633 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) to support leak detection, leak prevention, and related enforcement activities for the state's Underground Storage Tank program. The key activities to be accomplished under this award include conducting compliance inspections at UST...
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 Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805), delivers $483,000 in funding to the Hawaii Department of Health to develop, implement, and maintain an effective LUST program. The key activities supported by this award include initiating and completing LUST site cleanups, reducing the backlog of sites not yet cleaned up, and supporting progress in cleaning...
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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 awarded a $1,111,098 Project Grant under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805) to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), operating as Hilo, to address releases from underground storage tanks (USTs) in Puerto Rico. The grant funding supports DNER's LUST corrective action program to investigate suspected petroleum releases, oversee and enforce...
This $612,840 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 supports the Pollution Liability Insurance Agency (PLIA), a Washington State government entity, in administering its Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Corrective Action Program. The primary activities funded through this 2-year award include: Overseeing and enforcing corrective actions by underground storage tank owners and operators to address suspected petroleum releases. Investigating...
The State of Washington Department of Ecology will receive $1.2 million through June 2022 from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (LUST CFDA #66.805) to support activities addressing petroleum releases from underground storage tanks. The funding will assist the state in developing and maintaining an effective program to initiate and complete cleanups of leaking underground petroleum storage tanks and...
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 $589,868.00 to the State of Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to support its LUST corrective action program. The funding enables DEQ to investigate suspected petroleum releases from underground storage tanks and perform corrective action, including site assessment, remediation, and enforcement...