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...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $795,925 Project Grant to the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) through the CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program (CFDA 66.817). The grant will fund activities to enhance IFA's Brownfields Response Program, including: Providing oversight and technical assistance for assessment, investigation, and remediation of eligible brownfield sites in Indiana that receive EPA or state financial support. This includes reviewing site...
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...
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) received a $130,500 one-year Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 to support activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Superfund program. The grant funding will allow IDEM to conduct response program activities from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 that are not assignable to specific Superfund sites but provide overall support to Indiana's CERCLA...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Indiana Department of Environmental Management a $100,000 project grant under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements federal grant program (CFDA 66.809). The grant will support the recipient's response program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. Specifically, the funding will allow IDEM to conduct activities that are not...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) to Indiana 15 Regional Planning Commission. The funding will support eligible brownfield assessment activities including inventory, characterization, environmental site assessments, and cleanup planning across six counties in Indiana. Specifically, the recipient anticipates...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,225,000 Project Grant to the Indiana Finance Authority under the Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing and Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 66.444). The grant will fund a two-year program to implement voluntary testing for lead in drinking water at 40 schools and 120 child care centers across Indiana annually. Key activities include communication and outreach to target facilities, training on lead sampling and remediation,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the Indiana Finance Authority a $2.25 million Formula Grant under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA 66.458) from January 1 to March 2, 2023. The grant capitalized Indiana's Clean Water State Revolving Fund to provide low-interest financing to numerous subrecipients for projects addressing emerging contaminants in drinking water, with a focus on PFAS. As the designated state authority, the Indiana Finance Authority will...
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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) under the Superfund State and Indian Tribe Core Program Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.809). The grant funds non-site-specific activities that support IDEM's implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) program in Indiana. Eligible activities include program management, cooperative...