Project Grant 00E00495

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $500,000 cooperative agreement to the Michiana Area Council of Governments under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will support brownfields assessment and cleanup planning activities in Elkhart County, Kosciusko County, Marshall County, and St. Joseph County in Indiana from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, MACOG will conduct...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $2 million cooperative agreement to the Indiana Finance Authority under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will support brownfields assessment and cleanup planning activities in five Indiana cities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. Specifically, the Indiana Finance Authority will inventory, characterize, and assess at least 23...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Federal Highway Administration awarded a Formula Grant of $274,308 to the Indiana Department of Transportation on May 13, 2025, under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) to conduct comprehensive bridge inspections and inventory assessments in St. Joseph County. The project, designated IR1021, encompasses a countywide bridge inspection and inventory program covering the 2024-2027 cycle years within the Laporte District. Work is scheduled for...

This $100,000 Formula Grant was awarded by the Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction federal grant program (CFDA 20.205) on August 20, 2024. The grant supports a project titled "MS00, OTHER TYPE PROJECT (MISCELLANEOUS), MACOG MPO UPWP PL FOR FY 2025-2026, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY" in Indiana. The funds will be used by the Indiana Department of Transportation, the primary grantee, to execute various transportation infrastructure projects in St. Joseph...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded $966,000 to St. Joseph County Auditor on January 1, 2026, for the completion of environmental and preliminary engineering deliverables supporting a branch line connection project for Elkhart Western Railroad. The project involves connecting an Elkhart Western Railroad branch line to the Canadian Pacific South Bend Subdivision and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2027. The primary products include an environmental worksheet, preliminary...

This $1,392,826.25 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration (CFDA 20.327 - Railroad Crossing Elimination) will allow Wells County, Indiana to reroute Hoosier Highway near Wells CR 300 S to Adams Street, eliminating three at-grade crossings on the Norfolk Southern rail line. The project will create a north-south corridor connecting State Routes 124 and 218, resulting in continuous vehicular travel flow, reduced delays, and reduced conflict...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802) provides $145,777 to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) to fund remedial support activities for the Superfund program in Indiana. The award supports non-National Priorities List (NPL) site activities as well as NPL process support, including remedial...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $1.46 million Project Grant to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to support Indiana's Underground Storage Tank (UST) Program from October 2021 through September 2023. The grant funding will assist Indiana's UST Program in leak detection, prevention and enforcement activities to meet the objectives of the federal Underground Storage Tank (UST) Prevention, Detection, and Compliance Program (CFDA #66.804). Specifically, the...

This $310,200 Formula Grant awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) supports the construction of bike/pedestrian facilities on State Route 1001 in St. Joseph County, Indiana. The project, titled "Bike/Pedestrian Facilities on ST1001 in St. Joseph County LaPorte District", will fund Phase III of the Coal Line Trail from Lincolnway West to Linden Avenue. The grant was awarded on July 29, 2024 to the Indiana Department of...

The Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) was awarded $800,000 under the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5's State and Tribal Response Program Grants to support Indiana's Brownfields Response Program through September 2022. The CFDA 66.817 program aims to help states establish effective response programs to assess, clean up, and redevelop contaminated brownfield sites. With this funding, IFA will maintain staff and public awareness efforts to inventory brownfield sites statewide and oversee...