The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $149,999 Project Grant to Monroe County, Florida under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program (CFDA 66.436). The grant will support Monroe County's Fiscal Year 2020 South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program, which addresses impaired water quality in residential canals identified in the Water Quality Protection Program Action...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded Florida Atlantic University a $118,252 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program (CFDA 66.436). The grant will support Florida Atlantic University's FY20 South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program to address marine debris, fishing gear, trash, and boating equipment entering waterways in the Indian River Lagoon,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $500,000 cooperative agreement to the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The funding will support assessment-related activities authorized under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Section 104(k)(2) in Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin and Palm Beach counties in Florida...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $260,646 under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program to Florida Atlantic University. The award will support Florida Atlantic University's FY20 South Florida Geographic Initiative Program to study the impacts of Lake Okeechobee discharges through the C 44 Canal on the Caloosahatchee Estuary, St. Lucie Estuary, and the Everglades....
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the Florida Department of Environmental Protection a $1.3 million formula grant under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026. The grant funds the State of Florida's water quality management planning program to improve impaired waters and protect unimpaired waters across the state using a rotating basin approach. Forty percent of the grant award, or $528,000, will be provided to...
This Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 provides $601,022 to Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper, Inc. to support their FY20 South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program. The program will evaluate sources of nutrients and enterococci in Biscayne Bay, Florida from March 2021 through February 2024. The funding supports research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to water quality issues as part of the EPA's Section 104(b)(3) of...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $147,776 under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act federal grant program to the University of South Florida. The three-year project grant funding period extends from March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2024. Under this award, the University of South Florida will support the South Florida Geographic Initiative Program through determining...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $353,798 under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program to the Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation Inc. The project grant will support the South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program to examine the relationship between submarine groundwater discharge and seagrasses at multiple locations within Florida Bay....
This $464,100 Formula Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies in the state. Key activities include coastal field sampling and analysis, water quality monitoring, and laboratory analysis....
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $410,498 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) to the County of Monroe, Florida. The purpose of this two-year project is to implement water quality sampling, monitoring, and evaluations of up to 300 canals within Monroe County, including the unincorporated county and municipalities. The project will collect dissolved oxygen data to inform decisions on potential...