The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $135,000 Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). The grant funding will enable MDEGLE to extend learning beyond the classroom by providing a funding opportunity for student-led community-based water stewardship projects. The project will engage up to 1,750 students and educators in experiential...
This $2,241,767 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) will enable the Southeast Michigan Council Of Governments Fund to create the Advancing Environmental Quality of Life in Underserved Communities Grants Program. The program will provide technical support, capacity building, and guidance to up to 15 local government entities in Southeast Michigan to implement green...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $105,325 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE). The funding will be used to expand the current Lending Station Place Based Education Program by creating three new satellite locations in Michigan to house educational materials for loan to youth programs across the state. The project activities include...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $3,500,000 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC) to restore and enhance 14 acres of habitat and 500 feet of stream in the Rouge River Area of Concern in Michigan. The key activities include preparing a quality assurance project plan, conducting the bidding process to select a construction contractor, and overseeing the...
This $274,200 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), supports the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) in collecting and analyzing fish samples to establish or evaluate current fish consumption advisories in Michigan. Key activities include fish collections, sample preparation, contaminant analysis for mercury, PFAS, and organics,...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469), will fund the implementation of three green infrastructure projects in underserved communities in Detroit, Michigan. The $476,354 award to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) will enable the design and installation of seven stormwater best management practices, including bioretention...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $338,441 Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE), under the Superfund State, Political Subdivision, and Indian Tribe Site-Specific Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.802). This funding supports MDEGLE's activities to review and supplement ongoing efforts to remediate various federal lead Superfund sites within the state of Michigan. Key tasks include reviewing remedial investigation...
This $770,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Grants (CFDA 66.817) program is intended to enhance the capacity of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's (MDEGLE) brownfields response program. The key activities under this award include: conducting timely surveys and inventories of brownfield sites across Michigan, overseeing and enforcing response actions to...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,059,022 Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to implement two green infrastructure projects in the Ox Creek watershed of Benton Harbor, Michigan. The projects will reduce stormwater runoff by 850,000 gallons per year through the installation of bioretention areas, native plantings, and swales. MDEGLE will...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $800,000 project grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (MDEGLE). The grant will fund a project to provide incentive payments to farmers in the Western Lake Erie Basin to reduce phosphorous fertilizer application and runoff into surface waters. Key activities include developing quality documentation, engaging with farmers,...