This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809) provides $209,606.00 in funding to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The grant supports RIDEM's efforts to participate in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) program by funding core activities such...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded a $198,690 Project Grant to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809). The funding supports RIDEM's implementation of activities related to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) that are not assignable to specific sites, including program management and supervision,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management $795,000 under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) federal Project Grant for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The funding will support RIDEM's Brownfield response program, which includes timely inventory and assessment of potentially contaminated brownfield sites. It will also fund oversight of cleanup response actions to ensure the...
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) was awarded a $745,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817). The purpose of this grant is to enhance RIDEM's Brownfields Response Program capacity to meet the statutory elements of an effective state response program, including timely site inventory, oversight and enforcement, public involvement, and cleanup plan approval and...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management $168,998 under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809) federal grant program for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023. The funding will support the recipient's response program and activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act that are not assignable to specific sites,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management a $785,000 Project Grant under the State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program. Through this award, the Rhode Island DEM will enhance the state's Brownfields response program capacity and carry out planning, assessment, and cleanup activities for brownfield sites across Rhode Island from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Specifically, the Rhode Island DEM will...
This federal Project Grant award of $700,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) is intended to enhance the capacity of Rhode Island's Brownfields Response Program. The primary objectives are to: (1) establish or enhance the four statutory elements of an effective state response program, (2) maintain and update a public record of Brownfields sites, and (3) conduct a limited number of site...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $870,472 Project Grant under the CFDA Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM). The funding will support RIDEM's efforts to expand and enhance their air monitoring activities across the state. Specifically, RIDEM will use the grant to replace aging monitoring equipment at...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1, under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046), provides $3,000,000 in funding to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) to develop a comprehensive, economy-wide climate mitigation plan for the state. Key activities include conducting a greenhouse gas inventory, setting emissions reduction targets, identifying quantified mitigation measures, and analyzing...
This $944,618 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312) provides funding to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) to strengthen community connections and build understanding of environmental justice concerns in the Upper Narragansett Bay watershed. Key activities include training a cohort of staff from community-based...